1789 - 1860
Philipp Friedrich Silcher (27 June 1789 in Schnait (today part of Weinstadt) – 26 August 1860 in Tübingen), was a German composer, mainly known for his lieder (songs), and an important Volkslied collector. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Friedrich Silcher has received more than 55,691 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Friedrich Silcher is the 963rd most popular composer (down from 882nd in 2019), the 3,489th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,159th in 2019) and the 144th most popular German Composer.
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Among composers, Friedrich Silcher ranks 963 out of 1,216. Before him are Walter Braunfels, Maximilian Steinberg, Nicola Vicentino, Patrick Doyle, Pietro Filippo Scarlatti, and Toshi Ichiyanagi. After him are Peter Benoit, Harry Gregson-Williams, Alexander Goldenweiser, Jāzeps Vītols, Ruperto Chapí, and Federico Moreno Torroba.
1882 - 1954
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 957
1883 - 1946
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 958
1511 - 1576
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 959
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 960
1679 - 1750
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 961
1933 - 2022
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 962
1789 - 1860
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 963
1834 - 1901
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 964
1961 - Present
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 965
1875 - 1961
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 966
1863 - 1948
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 967
1851 - 1909
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 968
1891 - 1982
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 969
Among people born in 1789, Friedrich Silcher ranks 31. Before him are Silvio Pellico, Auguste Couder, Bernhard Severin Ingemann, Gamzat-bek, Henry Pottinger, and Menachem Mendel Schneersohn. After him are Leona Vicario, Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, Richard Bright, Martín Javier Mina y Larrea, Thaddeus Bulgarin, and Carlos María de Alvear. Among people deceased in 1860, Friedrich Silcher ranks 39. Before him are Élie, duc Decazes, James Braid, Honoré Charles Reille, Tokugawa Nariaki, Johan Ludvig Heiberg, and Martin Rathke. After him are Sergei Petrovich Trubetskoy, Anders Sandøe Ørsted, Eduard Friedrich Eversmann, Johann Georg Christian Lehmann, Andreas Metaxas, and Konstantin Aksakov.
1789 - 1854
HPI: 51.73
Rank: 25
1789 - 1873
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 26
1789 - 1862
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 27
1789 - 1834
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 28
1789 - 1856
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 29
1789 - 1866
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 30
1789 - 1860
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 31
1789 - 1842
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 32
1789 - 1849
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 33
1789 - 1858
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 34
1789 - 1817
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 35
1789 - 1859
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 36
1789 - 1852
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 37
1780 - 1860
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 33
1795 - 1860
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 34
1775 - 1860
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 35
1800 - 1860
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 36
1791 - 1860
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 37
1793 - 1860
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 38
1789 - 1860
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 39
1790 - 1860
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 40
1778 - 1860
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 41
1794 - 1860
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 42
1792 - 1860
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 43
1786 - 1860
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 44
1817 - 1860
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 45
Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Silcher ranks 3,489 out of 6,142. Before him are Klaus Fichtel (1944), Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt (1887), Dankmar Adler (1844), Hans-Jörg Butt (1974), Paul Warburg (1868), and Udo Voigt (1952). After him are Josef Pieper (1904), Friedrich Theodor Vischer (1807), Karl Friedrich von Gaertner (1772), Johann Friedrich Meckel (1781), Konrad Wolf (1925), and Ingo Schwichtenberg (1965).
1944 - Present
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 3,483
1887 - 1943
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 3,484
1844 - 1900
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 3,485
1974 - Present
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 3,486
1868 - 1932
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 3,487
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 3,488
1789 - 1860
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 3,489
1904 - 1997
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 3,490
1807 - 1887
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 3,491
1772 - 1850
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 3,492
1781 - 1833
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 3,493
1925 - 1982
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 3,494
1965 - 1995
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 3,495
Among composers born in Germany, Friedrich Silcher ranks 144. Before him are Franz Tunder (1614), Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch (1736), Ramin Djawadi (1974), Gottfried August Homilius (1714), Nannette Streicher (1769), and Walter Braunfels (1882). After him are Johann Adolf Scheibe (1708), Friedrich Gernsheim (1839), Emil von Sauer (1862), Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse (1774), Wolfgang Rihm (1952), and Julius Reubke (1834).
1614 - 1667
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 138
1736 - 1800
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 139
1974 - Present
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 140
1714 - 1785
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 141
1769 - 1833
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 142
1882 - 1954
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 143
1789 - 1860
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 144
1708 - 1776
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 145
1839 - 1916
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 146
1862 - 1942
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 147
1774 - 1842
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 148
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 149
1834 - 1858
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 150