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Carl Dahlhaus

1928 - 1989

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Carl Dahlhaus (10 June 1928 – 13 March 1989) was a German musicologist who was among the leading postwar musicologists of the mid to late 20th-century. A prolific scholar, he had broad interests though his research focused on 19th- and 20th-century classical music, both areas in which he made significant advancements. However, he remains best known in the English-speaking world for his writings on Wagner. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Dahlhaus has received more than 77,283 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Dahlhaus is the 1,039th most popular philosopher (down from 936th in 2019), the 3,962nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,296th in 2019) and the 129th most popular German Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Carl Dahlhaus ranks 1,039 out of 1,267. Before him are Paul Deussen, Cercidas, Alexander Men, Ecphantus the Pythagorean, Mary Daly, and Wilhelm Gesenius. After him are Theodor Benfey, Thrasyllus of Mendes, R. M. Hare, Phaenias of Eresus, Damaris Cudworth Masham, and Aesara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Carl Dahlhaus ranks 329. Before him are Ann Blyth, Abdul Sattar Edhi, Mary Daly, Giuseppe Pinelli, Angus Ogilvy, and Tzannis Tzannetakis. After him are Robert Dienst, Irena Veisaitė, Đorđe Martinović incident, Marian Seldes, Eno Raud, and Anita Brookner. Among people deceased in 1989, Carl Dahlhaus ranks 174. Before him are Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark, Antonio Janigro, Frank Foss, Betti Alver, Robert Webber, and Colin Clark. After him are Christine Jorgensen, Maurice Evans, René Petit, Yasushi Akutagawa, Sándor Weöres, and Ronald Syme.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carl Dahlhaus ranks 3,962 out of 7,253. Before him are Peter Schenk the Elder (1660), Leopold III, Prince of Lippe (1821), Duke Georg August of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1824), Ernest Oppenheimer (1880), Markus Söder (1967), and Jacob Sturm (1771). After him are Theodor Benfey (1809), Philipp Nicolai (1556), Emil von Sauer (1862), Walter Burkert (1931), Georg Buschner (1925), and Hans Clarin (1929).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Carl Dahlhaus ranks 129. Before him are Friedrich Paulsen (1846), Robert Spaemann (1927), Hermann Usener (1834), August Böckh (1785), Paul Deussen (1845), and Wilhelm Gesenius (1786). After him are Theodor Benfey (1809), Hermann Gunkel (1862), Justus Möser (1720), Immanuel Hermann Fichte (1796), Joachim Camerarius (1500), and Max Dessoir (1867).

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