COMPOSER

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 409,694 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia. Bohuslav Martinů is the 164th most popular composer (up from 184th in 2019), the 71st most popular biography from Czechia (up from 80th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Czech Composer.

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

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  • 410k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Bohuslav Martinů ranks 164 out of 1,451. Before him are Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, Ferruccio Busoni, Komitas, Siegfried Wagner, Giovanni Paisiello, and Max Reger. After him are Vittorio Monti, Reinhold Glière, Léonin, Pietro Locatelli, Baldassare Galuppi, and Jan Dismas Zelenka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Bohuslav Martinů ranks 27. Before him are Robert Ley, Fanny Kaplan, El Lissitzky, Franz Werfel, Kurt Student, and Michael Collins. After him are Maria Goretti, Victor Lustig, Giorgio Morandi, Hermann Joseph Muller, Karl Harrer, and Rachele Mussolini. Among people deceased in 1959, Bohuslav Martinů ranks 15. Before him are Billie Holiday, Adolf Windaus, Boris Vian, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Shirō Ishii, and Camilo Cienfuegos. After him are George Grosz, Buddy Holly, Alfred Schütz, Errol Flynn, Arthur Cecil Pigou, and Enrico De Nicola.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Bohuslav Martinů ranks 71 out of 1,200. Before him are Jaroslav Seifert (1901), Jerome of Prague (1379), Karl Kraus (1874), Lída Baarová (1914), Carl Ferdinand Cori (1896), and Eugen Böhm von Bawerk (1851). After him are Max Wertheimer (1880), Karl Hermann Frank (1898), Karel Schwarzenberg (1937), Matthias Sindelar (1903), František Kupka (1871), and Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679).

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Among COMPOSERS In Czechia

Among composers born in Czechia, Bohuslav Martinů ranks 5. Before him are Antonín Dvořák (1841), Gustav Mahler (1860), Bedřich Smetana (1824), and Leoš Janáček (1854). After him are Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679), Johann Stamitz (1717), Josef Suk (1874), Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897), Anton Reicha (1770), Eduard Hanslick (1825), and Josef Mysliveček (1737).

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