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Friedrich Kuhlau

1786 - 1832

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Friedrich Daniel Rudolf Kuhlau (German; Danish sometimes Frederick Kulav) (11 September 1786 – 12 March 1832) was a Danish pianist and composer during the late Classical and early Romantic periods. He was a central figure of the Danish Golden Age and is immortalized in Danish cultural history through his music for Elves' Hill, the first true work of Danish National Romanticism and a concealed tribute to the absolute monarchy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Friedrich Kuhlau has received more than 200,313 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Friedrich Kuhlau is the 250th most popular composer (down from 233rd in 2019), the 963rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 887th in 2019) and the 38th most popular German Composer.

Friedrich Kuhlau is most famous for being a Danish composer who is considered to be one of the most important figures in the history of Danish music.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Friedrich Kuhlau ranks 250 out of 1,216Before him are Carl Stamitz, Fromental Halévy, Anton Arensky, Thomas Tallis, Johann Christoph Bach, and Ignaz Pleyel. After him are Franz Xaver Gruber, Albert Roussel, Jacques Ibert, Alessandro Stradella, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, and Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1786, Friedrich Kuhlau ranks 14Before him are Marie Walewska, Michel Eugène Chevreul, Sophie of France, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, John Franklin, and Davy Crockett. After him are Charles, Grand Duke of Baden, Duke Pius August in Bavaria, Chief Seattle, Guadalupe Victoria, Kunisada, and William George Horner. Among people deceased in 1832, Friedrich Kuhlau ranks 13Before him are Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, Georges Cuvier, Jean-Baptiste Say, Muzio Clementi, Rasmus Rask, and Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt. After him are Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Sardinia, Archduchess Marie Caroline of Austria, Manuel García, Carl Friedrich Zelter, Camillo Borghese, 6th Prince of Sulmona, and Karl Christian Friedrich Krause.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Kuhlau ranks 963 out of 6,142Before him are Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1886), Johann Christoph Bach (1642), Julius Richard Petri (1852), Nicolaus Zinzendorf (1700), Ulay (1943), and Hans von Euler-Chelpin (1873). After him are Harald Quandt (1921), Lothar von Richthofen (1894), Nastassja Kinski (1961), Robert Huber (1937), Paul Natorp (1854), and Heinrich Barth (1821).

Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Friedrich Kuhlau ranks 38Before him are Carl Friedrich Abel (1723), Johann Adolph Hasse (1699), Engelbert Humperdinck (1854), Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria (1724), Carl Stamitz (1745), and Johann Christoph Bach (1642). After him are Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1709), Johann Mattheson (1681), Hanns Eisler (1898), Johann Jakob Froberger (1616), Carl Reinecke (1824), and Nicolaus Bruhns (1665).