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Egon Wellesz

1885 - 1974

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Egon Joseph Wellesz, CBE, FBA (21 October 1885 – 9 November 1974) was an Austrian, later British composer, teacher and musicologist, notable particularly in the field of Byzantine music. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Egon Wellesz has received more than 84,810 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Egon Wellesz is the 978th most popular composer (down from 883rd in 2019), the 690th most popular biography from Austria (down from 627th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Austrian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Egon Wellesz ranks 978 out of 1,216. Before him are Balys Dvarionas, August Wilhelm Ambros, Lorenzo Perosi, Carlos Guastavino, Erkki Aaltonen, and Henri Sauguet. After him are Nicola Piovani, Gavriil Popov, José Vianna da Motta, Lars-Erik Larsson, Johann Adolf Scheibe, and Aulis Sallinen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Egon Wellesz ranks 138. Before him are Blas Infante, Arturo Rawson, Francisco Olazar, Platt Adams, Zhou Zuoren, and Louise Bryant. After him are Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Hedda Hopper, Edward Lasker, Albert Betz, Guilhermina Suggia, and Romà Forns. Among people deceased in 1974, Egon Wellesz ranks 135. Before him are André Marie, Wolfgang Windgassen, Manuel A. Odría, Fred Kelly, Georgette Heyer, and Werner Kohlmeyer. After him are Ned Maddrell, Kajirō Yamamoto, Fritz Szepan, Harry Partch, Adolph Gottlieb, and Lily Kronberger.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Egon Wellesz ranks 690 out of 1,237. Before him are Ignaz von Seyfried (1776), Joseph Schildkraut (1896), Jakob Prandtauer (1660), Harald Reinl (1908), Theodore Bikel (1924), and Karl Markovics (1963). After him are Wlodimir Ledóchowski (1866), Ernst Stojaspal (1925), Štefan Banič (1870), Ulrich Seidl (1952), Tina Blau (1845), and Gerda Lerner (1920).

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Among COMPOSERS In Austria

Among composers born in Austria, Egon Wellesz ranks 53. Before him are Leopold Hofmann (1738), Joseph Weigl (1766), Johann von Herbeck (1831), Ignaz Holzbauer (1711), Wilhelm Kienzl (1857), and Joseph Hellmesberger Sr. (1828). After him are Siegmund von Hausegger (1872), Ignaz Schuppanzigh (1776), Richard Heuberger (1850), Johann Nepomuk David (1895), Hans Gál (1890), and Ernest Gold (1921).

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