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Curt Sachs

1881 - 1959

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Curt Sachs (German: [zaks]; 29 June 1881 – 5 February 1959) was a German musicologist. He was one of the founders of modern organology (the study of musical instruments). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Curt Sachs has received more than 105,518 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Curt Sachs is the 520th most popular composer (down from 506th in 2019), the 2,045th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,943rd in 2019) and the 79th most popular German Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Curt Sachs ranks 520 out of 1,451. Before him are Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Carmine Coppola, Carl Friedrich Zelter, Danny Elfman, Jacob Clemens non Papa, and Francesco Maria Veracini. After him are Sebastián Iradier, Manos Hatzidakis, Fredrik Pacius, Jean-Féry Rebel, Hans Swarowsky, and Johann Christoph Bach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Curt Sachs ranks 75. Before him are Albert Gleizes, Ulrich von Hassell, Hans Wilsdorf, Kim Kyu-sik, Augustin Bea, and Vera Weizmann. After him are Adolfo de la Huerta, Sergey Kamenev, Hermann Ehrhardt, Princess Xenia of Montenegro, Juliusz Rómmel, and Hakaru Hashimoto. Among people deceased in 1959, Curt Sachs ranks 53. Before him are William Halsey Jr., Grock, Edvard Eriksen, Aleksandar Tsankov, Victor McLaglen, and Benjamin Péret. After him are Jose P. Laurel, George Antheil, Imre Schlosser, Jean Behra, Enrique Guaita, and Hitoshi Ashida.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Curt Sachs ranks 2,045 out of 7,253. Before him are George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1547), Princess Helena of Nassau (1831), Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1857), Philip, Elector Palatine (1448), Ludwig Crüwell (1892), and Siegfried Marcus (1831). After him are Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg (1711), Ulrich Mühe (1953), Ralf Hütter (1946), Frederick I, Elector Palatine (1425), Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1688), and George Müller (1805).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Curt Sachs ranks 79. Before him are Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach (1759), Johann Kirnberger (1721), Simon Mayr (1763), Franz Abt (1819), Peter Cornelius (1824), and Carl Friedrich Zelter (1758). After him are Fredrik Pacius (1809), Johann Christoph Bach (1671), Gershon Kingsley (1922), Hermann Abendroth (1883), Johann Crüger (1598), and Helmut Walcha (1907).

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