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Friedrich Kiel

1821 - 1885

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Friedrich Kiel (8 October 1821 – 13 September 1885) was a German composer and music teacher. Writing of the chamber music of Friedrich Kiel, the scholar and critic Wilhelm Altmann notes that it was Kiel’s extreme modesty which kept him and his exceptional works from receiving the consideration they deserved. After mentioning Johannes Brahms and others, Altmann writes, “He produced a number of chamber works, which . . Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Friedrich Kiel has received more than 36,549 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Friedrich Kiel is the 929th most popular composer (up from 974th in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 37k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Friedrich Kiel ranks 929 out of 1,216. Before him are Joseph Weigl, Gottfried August Homilius, August Enna, Vissarion Shebalin, Johann von Herbeck, and Valentino Fioravanti. After him are Ignaz Holzbauer, Richard Addinsell, Alessandro Striggio, Johann Joseph Abert, André Gedalge, and Nannette Streicher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1821, Friedrich Kiel ranks 65. Before him are Josip Runjanin, Georgi Sava Rakovski, Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae, James Longstreet, Henriëtte Ronner-Knip, and Mikhail Petrashevsky. After him are Leopold III, Prince of Lippe, Arthur Saint-Léon, Aleksey Pisemsky, Giuseppe Saracco, Nils Johan Andersson, and Henri Alexis Brialmont. Among people deceased in 1885, Friedrich Kiel ranks 51. Before him are Schuyler Colfax, Prince Adolf of Auersperg, Jules Vallès, Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae, Henri Dupuy de Lôme, and Prince August of Württemberg. After him are Ernst Falkbeer, Irvin McDowell, Justo Rufino Barrios, Gaudenzio Marconi, Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, and Ernest Goüin.

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