1890 - 1959
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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Among composers, Bohuslav Martinů ranks 184 out of 1,216. Before 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.
1706 - 1785
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 178
1717 - 1757
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 179
1658 - 1709
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 180
1821 - 1910
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 181
1737 - 1806
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 182
1782 - 1837
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 183
1890 - 1959
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 184
1869 - 1935
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 185
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 186
1869 - 1930
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 187
1925 - 2003
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 188
1784 - 1859
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 189
1873 - 1916
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 190
Among people born in 1890, Bohuslav Martinů ranks 33. Before 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 19. Before 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.
1890 - 1902
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 27
1890 - 1945
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 28
1890 - 1918
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 29
1890 - 1922
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 30
1890 - 1967
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 31
1890 - 1977
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 32
1890 - 1959
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 33
1890 - 1979
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 34
1890 - 1926
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 35
1890 - 1973
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 36
1890 - 1944
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 37
1890 - 1944
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 38
1890 - 1958
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 39
1876 - 1959
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 13
1892 - 1959
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 14
1936 - 1959
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 15
1909 - 1959
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 16
1893 - 1959
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 17
1929 - 1959
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 18
1890 - 1959
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 19
1899 - 1959
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 20
1941 - 1959
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 21
1886 - 1959
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 22
1877 - 1959
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 23
1906 - 1959
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 24
1900 - 1959
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 25
Among people born in Czechia, Bohuslav Martinů ranks 80 out of 973. Before 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).
1921 - 1945
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 74
1679 - 1745
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 75
1901 - 1986
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 76
1896 - 1984
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 77
1717 - 1757
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 78
860 - 921
HPI: 63.59
Rank: 79
1890 - 1959
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 80
1848 - 1925
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 81
1938 - 2020
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 82
1903 - 1943
HPI: 63.39
Rank: 83
1858 - 1929
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 84
1870 - 1956
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 85
1851 - 1914
HPI: 63.07
Rank: 86
Among composers born in Czechia, Bohuslav Martinů ranks 7. Before 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).
1860 - 1911
HPI: 81.36
Rank: 1
1841 - 1904
HPI: 80.40
Rank: 2
1824 - 1884
HPI: 78.38
Rank: 3
1854 - 1928
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 4
1679 - 1745
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 5
1717 - 1757
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 6
1890 - 1959
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 7
1874 - 1935
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 8
1770 - 1836
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 9
1897 - 1957
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 10
1737 - 1781
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 11
1825 - 1904
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 12
1872 - 1916
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 13