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Dora Pejačević

1885 - 1923

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Countess Maria Theodora Paulina "Dora" Pejačević (Hungarian: Gróf verőczei Pejácsevich Mária Theodóra Paulina "Dóra"; 10 September 1885 – 5 March 1923) was a Croatian composer, pianist and violinist and one of the first composers to introduce the orchestral song to Croatian music. Her Symphony in F-sharp minor is considered by scholars to be the first modern symphony in Croatian music. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dora Pejačević has received more than 151,094 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Dora Pejačević is the 486th most popular composer (up from 642nd in 2019), the 204th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 246th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Hungarian Composer.

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Dora Pejačević ranks 486 out of 1,451. Before her are Oscar Straus, Igor Markevitch, Charles Auguste de Bériot, Hans Christian Lumbye, Florent Schmitt, and Antonio Sacchini. After her are Karel Svoboda, Simon Mayr, Arno Babajanian, Giuseppe Sarti, Einojuhani Rautavaara, and Johann Adam Hiller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Dora Pejačević ranks 78. Before her are Viktor Schauberger, Agustín Barrios, Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein, John Edensor Littlewood, St John Philby, and Camille Chautemps. After her are Frank Jack Fletcher, Harlow Shapley, Jacques Feyder, Bess Truman, Platt Adams, and Friedrich Kellner. Among people deceased in 1923, Dora Pejačević ranks 44. Before her are Charles Dupuy, Zhang Xun, Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, Albert Leo Schlageter, Vatroslav Jagić, and Hertha Ayrton. After her are Théophile Delcassé, Kadambini Ganguly, Alexandre Ribot, Charles de Freycinet, Max Erwin von Scheubner-Richter, and William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Dora Pejačević ranks 204 out of 1,077. Before her are Fritz Reiner (1888), Michu Meszaros (1939), Ingenuus (200), Teddy Kollek (1911), Alfréd Hajós (1878), and Zoltán of Hungary (896). After her are Fajsz (900), William Fox (1879), Mihály Munkácsy (1844), Mihály Zichy (1827), Josef Dobrovský (1753), and Viktor Barna (1911).

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Among COMPOSERS In Hungary

Among composers born in Hungary, Dora Pejačević ranks 10. Before her are Miklós Rózsa (1907), Hans Richter (1843), Ferenc Erkel (1810), Princess Maria Antonia Koháry (1797), Joseph Kosma (1905), and Karl Goldmark (1830). After her are Hans Swarowsky (1899), Joseph Szigeti (1892), Leó Weiner (1885), Ferenc Farkas (1905), István Kertész (1929), and Frigyes Hidas (1928).

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