COMPOSER

Ferenc Erkel

1810 - 1893

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Ferenc Erkel (Hungarian: Erkel Ferenc Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈɛrkɛl ˈfɛrɛnt͡s], German: Franz Erkel; November 7, 1810 – June 15, 1893) was a Hungarian composer, conductor and pianist. He was the father of Hungarian grand opera, written mainly on historical themes, which are still often performed in Hungary. He also composed the music of "Himnusz", the national anthem of Hungary, which was adopted in 1844. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferenc Erkel has received more than 106,583 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Ferenc Erkel is the 386th most popular composer (up from 519th in 2019), the 169th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 207th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Hungarian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Ferenc Erkel ranks 386 out of 1,451. Before him are Toru Takemitsu, Cole Porter, Georges Delerue, Johann Joseph Fux, Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, and Giovanni Battista Bassani. After him are John Koukouzelis, Mieczysław Weinberg, Claudio Merulo, Francesco Gasparini, Bernardo Pasquini, and Johann Georg Pisendel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Ferenc Erkel ranks 24. Before him are Hermann Heinrich Gossen, Francesco Maria Piave, Elizabeth Gaskell, Karl Richard Lepsius, Henri Victor Regnault, and Asa Gray. After him are Constant Troyon, Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre, Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, Hans Christian Lumbye, and Howard Staunton. Among people deceased in 1893, Ferenc Erkel ranks 20. Before him are Baron Alexander von Bach, John Tyndall, Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle, and Alfredo Catalani. After him are Abner Doubleday, Alexander Cunningham, George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Heinrich Göbel, Leland Stanford, and Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Ferenc Erkel ranks 169 out of 1,077. Before him are Hans Richter (1843), Ferenc Krausz (1962), John Harsanyi (1920), Aladár Gerevich (1910), Gyula Zsengellér (1915), and Béla Miklós (1890). After him are Michael Balint (1896), Constance of Hungary (1180), Géza Lakatos (1890), Aurel Stein (1862), Valamir (420), and Márta Mészáros (1931).

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Among COMPOSERS In Hungary

Among composers born in Hungary, Ferenc Erkel ranks 6. Before him are Franz Lehár (1870), Zoltán Kodály (1882), Emmerich Kálmán (1882), Miklós Rózsa (1907), and Hans Richter (1843). After him are Princess Maria Antonia Koháry (1797), Joseph Kosma (1905), Karl Goldmark (1830), Dora Pejačević (1885), Hans Swarowsky (1899), and Joseph Szigeti (1892).

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