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Bohuslav Martinů

1890 - 1959

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Bohuslav Jan Martinů (Czech: [ˈboɦuslaf ˈmarcɪnuː] ; December 8, 1890 – August 28, 1959) was a Czech composer of modern classical music. He wrote 6 symphonies, 15 operas, 14 ballet scores and a large body of orchestral, chamber, vocal and instrumental works. He became a violinist in the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, and briefly studied under Czech composer and violinist Josef Suk. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bohuslav Martinů has received more than 380,842 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Bohuslav Martinů is the 184th most popular composer (down from 177th in 2019), the 80th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 69th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Czech Composer.

Bohuslav Martinů is most famous for his musical compositions, including symphonies, concertos, chamber music, and ballets.

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  • 43

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  • 6.69

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Bohuslav Martinů ranks 184 out of 1,216Before him are Baldassare Galuppi, Johann Stamitz, Giuseppe Torelli, Pauline Viardot, Michael Haydn, and John Field. After him are Komitas, Howard Shore, Siegfried Wagner, Luciano Berio, Louis Spohr, and Max Reger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Bohuslav Martinů ranks 33Before him are Maria Goretti, Franz Werfel, Fanny Kaplan, Michael Collins, Hermann Joseph Muller, and Groucho Marx. After him are Rachele Mussolini, Karl Harrer, Elsa Schiaparelli, Hans-Valentin Hube, Eduard Dietl, and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia. Among people deceased in 1959, Bohuslav Martinů ranks 19Before him are Adolf Windaus, Shirō Ishii, Buddy Holly, Errol Flynn, George Grosz, and Mike Hawthorn. After him are Alfred Schütz, Ritchie Valens, Edward C. Tolman, Arthur Cecil Pigou, Ettore Majorana, and Raphael Lemkin.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Bohuslav Martinů ranks 80 out of 973Before him are Kurt Knispel (1921), Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679), Jaroslav Seifert (1901), Carl Ferdinand Cori (1896), Johann Stamitz (1717), and Ludmila of Bohemia (860). After him are Johann Palisa (1848), Jiří Menzel (1938), Julius Fučík (1903), Maria Christina of Austria (1858), Josef Hoffmann (1870), and Eugen Böhm von Bawerk (1851).

Among COMPOSERS In Czechia

Among composers born in Czechia, Bohuslav Martinů ranks 7Before him are Gustav Mahler (1860), Antonín Dvořák (1841), Bedřich Smetana (1824), Leoš Janáček (1854), Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679), and Johann Stamitz (1717). After him are Josef Suk (1874), Anton Reicha (1770), Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897), Josef Mysliveček (1737), Eduard Hanslick (1825), and Julius Fučík (1872).