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Eduard Künneke

1885 - 1953

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Eduard Künneke (also seen as Edward and spelled Künnecke) (27 January 1885 – 27 October 1953 in Berlin) was a German composer notable for his operettas, operas, theatre music and some orchestral works. Kuenneke was born in Emmerich, Lower Rhine. After obtaining his school diploma he moved in 1903 to Berlin where he studied musicology and the history of literature; he translated Beowulf into German. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eduard Künneke has received more than 36,772 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Eduard Künneke is the 228th most popular composer (up from 1,131st in 2019), the 896th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,122nd in 2019) and the 32nd most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Eduard Künneke ranks 228 out of 1,451. Before him are Ernest Chausson, Jerry Goldsmith, Johann Ambrosius Bach, Henri Vieuxtemps, Gaspare Spontini, and John Field. After him are Giacomo Carissimi, Dmitry Bortniansky, Sofia Gubaidulina, Luigi Nono, William Byrd, and Mykola Leontovych.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Eduard Künneke ranks 41. Before him are Erich von Stroheim, Hugo Sperrle, Luigi Russolo, Kato Svanidze, Tomoyuki Yamashita, and Giacomo Matteotti. After him are Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, Tamara Karsavina, Will Durant, Romano Guardini, Clementine Churchill, and Christian Wirth. Among people deceased in 1953, Eduard Künneke ranks 23. Before him are Vladimir Tatlin, Ivan Bunin, Raoul Dufy, Erich Mendelsohn, Richard Walther Darré, and Hugo Sperrle. After him are Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, Dylan Thomas, Ernst Zermelo, Lionel Logue, Vsevolod Pudovkin, and Wilhelm Stuckart.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Eduard Künneke ranks 896 out of 7,253. Before him are Fritz Haarmann (1879), Hans-Dietrich Genscher (1927), Philip William, Elector Palatine (1615), Joost van den Vondel (1587), Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1622), and W. G. Sebald (1944). After him are Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1370), Gudrun Ensslin (1940), Götz von Berlichingen (1480), Otto I, Duke of Bavaria (1120), Maria Anna of Bavaria (1574), and Ulrich von Jungingen (1360).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Eduard Künneke ranks 32. Before him are Kurt Weill (1900), Max Reger (1873), Louis Spohr (1784), Johann Joachim Quantz (1697), Michael Praetorius (1571), and Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645). After him are Johann Adolph Hasse (1699), Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria (1724), Johann Christoph Bach (1642), Johann Mattheson (1681), Carl Friedrich Abel (1723), and Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1709).

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