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Eduard Hanslick

1825 - 1904

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Eduard Hanslick (11 September 1825 – 6 August 1904) was an Austrian music critic, aesthetician and historian. Among the leading critics of his time, he was the chief music critic of the Neue Freie Presse from 1864 until the end of his life. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eduard Hanslick has received more than 175,910 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Eduard Hanslick is the 297th most popular composer (down from 285th in 2019), the 147th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 131st in 2019) and the 11th most popular Czech Composer.

Eduard Hanslick is most famous for his book "The Beautiful in Music" which was published in 1854. In this book, he argues that music is not just a form of entertainment but also has a moral and intellectual value.

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  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.07

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Eduard Hanslick ranks 297 out of 1,451. Before him are Alberto Ginastera, Jaufre Rudel, Miklós Rózsa, Georg Böhm, Eugen d'Albert, and François-Adrien Boieldieu. After him are Joseph Lanner, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Josef Mysliveček, Klaus Schulze, Reynaldo Hahn, and Nikolai Myaskovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1825, Eduard Hanslick ranks 14. Before him are Charles Garnier, Paul Kruger, Emil Erlenmeyer, Marie of Prussia, Dadabhai Naoroji, and Julia, Princess of Battenberg. After him are Henri Giffard, Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, Henry Walter Bates, Nubar Pasha, Sher Ali Khan, and Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia. Among people deceased in 1904, Eduard Hanslick ranks 27. Before him are Mathilde Bonaparte, Émile Gallé, Norodom of Cambodia, Georges Gilles de la Tourette, Sami Frashëri, and Alfred von Waldersee. After him are María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias, Nikolay Bobrikov, Vladimir Markovnikov, Isabella Bird, Kartini, and Mór Jókai.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Eduard Hanslick ranks 147 out of 1,200. Before him are Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia (932), Herbert Lom (1917), Ivana Trump (1949), Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg (1337), Vratislaus I, Duke of Bohemia (888), and Karl I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1569). After him are Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (1547), Josef Mysliveček (1737), František Plánička (1904), Milada Horáková (1901), Adolf Schärf (1890), and Cosmas of Prague (1045).

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Among COMPOSERS In Czechia

Among composers born in Czechia, Eduard Hanslick ranks 11. Before him are Bohuslav Martinů (1890), Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679), Johann Stamitz (1717), Josef Suk (1874), Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897), and Anton Reicha (1770). After him are Josef Mysliveček (1737), Franz Benda (1709), Julius Fučík (1872), Georg Benda (1722), Ignaz Moscheles (1794), and Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760).

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