COMPOSER

Ferdinand Hiller

1811 - 1885

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Ferdinand (von) Hiller (24 October 1811 – 11 May 1885) was a German composer, conductor, pianist, writer and music director. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferdinand Hiller has received more than 112,973 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Ferdinand Hiller is the 444th most popular composer (down from 427th in 2019), the 1,764th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,671st in 2019) and the 66th most popular German Composer.

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  • 110k

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  • 57.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Ferdinand Hiller ranks 444 out of 1,451. Before him are Bruno Maderna, Karl Goldmark, Bill Conti, Paolo Tosti, Robert Stolz, and Friedrich von Flotow. After him are Miki Matsubara, Grock, Joseph Martin Kraus, Pēteris Vasks, Johann Ludwig Bach, and Leroy Anderson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1811, Ferdinand Hiller ranks 25. Before him are Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Jón Sigurðsson, Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, Jules Dupré, Auguste Bravais, and Princess Louise Amelie of Baden. After him are Carlo Matteucci, Kurmanjan Datka, Édouard René de Laboulaye, Giulia Grisi, Sengge Rinchen, and Otto Hesse. Among people deceased in 1885, Ferdinand Hiller ranks 19. Before him are Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern, Edmond François Valentin About, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, Moses Montefiore, and Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre. After him are Zuo Zongtang, George B. McClellan, Franz Abt, Gustav Nachtigal, Henri Milne-Edwards, and Princess Elisabeth of Prussia.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ferdinand Hiller ranks 1,764 out of 7,253. Before him are Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (1614), Rupert II, Elector Palatine (1325), Princess Louise Amelie of Baden (1811), Ernst Gräfenberg (1881), Hans Schäfer (1927), and Max Morlock (1925). After him are Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia (1719), Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg (1723), Franz Pfeffer von Salomon (1888), Jürgen Kohler (1965), Max Joseph von Pettenkofer (1818), and Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg (1886).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Ferdinand Hiller ranks 66. Before him are Alfred Einstein (1880), Ferdinand Ries (1784), Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (1716), Hans Werner Henze (1926), Heinrich Marschner (1795), and Friedrich von Flotow (1812). After him are Joseph Martin Kraus (1756), Johann Ludwig Bach (1677), Christoph Graupner (1683), Johann Gottfried Walther (1684), Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667), and Albert Lortzing (1801).

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