COMPOSER

František Škroup

1801 - 1862

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František Jan Škroup (Czech pronunciation: [ˈfrancɪʃɛk jan ˈʃkroup]; 3 June 1801 in Osice near Hradec Králové – 7 February 1862 in Rotterdam) was a Czech composer and conductor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of František Škroup has received more than 32,645 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. František Škroup is the 1,092nd most popular composer (down from 1,074th in 2019), the 557th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 515th in 2019) and the 54th most popular Czech Composer.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, František Škroup ranks 1,092 out of 1,451Before her are Raymond Scott, Julius Rietz, Jaromír Weinberger, Heinrich Schenker, Shivkumar Sharma, and Emil Hartmann. After her are Karl Klindworth, Emil Młynarski, Arturo Márquez, Klaus Badelt, W. C. Handy, and Abdylas Maldybaev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1801, František Škroup ranks 65Before her are Carl August von Steinheil, Evangelos Damaskos, Atanasio Aguirre, Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, José Joaquín Pérez, and Carlo Cattaneo. After her are Henri de Brouckère, Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Ludwig Bechstein, William Hallowes Miller, Édouard Spach, and Edward William Lane. Among people deceased in 1862, František Škroup ranks 46Before her are Barbu Catargiu, Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning, Robert Knox, Frederick Townsend Ward, Carlos Anaya, and François Sudre. After her are Sofia Adlersparre, Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet, Felix de Muelenaere, Blanka Teleki, Francisco Acuña de Figueroa, and Pedro Gual Escandón.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, František Škroup ranks 557 out of 1,200Before her are Oldřich Lipský (1924), Ladislav Mňačko (1919), Jaromír Weinberger (1896), Ferdinand Albin Pax (1858), Bohumil Kubišta (1884), and Kurt Raab (1941). After her are Joseph Johann von Littrow (1781), Ivan Olbracht (1882), Jakub Jan Ryba (1765), Helena Fibingerová (1949), Erich Srbek (1908), and Anton Heida (1878).

Among COMPOSERS In Czechia

Among composers born in Czechia, František Škroup ranks 54Before her are Christoph Demantius (1567), Ralph Benatzky (1884), August Wilhelm Ambros (1816), Andreas Hammerschmidt (1611), Petr Eben (1929), and Jaromír Weinberger (1896). After her are Rudolf Friml (1879), Vilém Blodek (1834), Wenzel Müller (1767), Karel Husa (1921), Walter Susskind (1913), and Vladimír Franz (1959).