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Gustav Leonhardt

1928 - 2012

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Gustav Maria Leonhardt (30 May 1928 – 16 January 2012) was a Dutch keyboardist, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor. He was a leading figure in the historically informed performance movement to perform music on period instruments. Leonhardt professionally played many instruments, including the harpsichord, pipe organ, claviorganum (a combination of harpsichord and organ), clavichord, fortepiano and piano. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gustav Leonhardt has received more than 130,148 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Gustav Leonhardt is the 299th most popular composer (up from 331st in 2019), the 155th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 181st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Dutch Composer.

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  • 30

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Gustav Leonhardt ranks 299 out of 1,216. Before him are Ralph Vaughan Williams, Bernard Herrmann, Gustave Charpentier, Georges Auric, Christian Gottlob Neefe, and Rodolphe Kreutzer. After him are Saverio Mercadante, Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Georg Böhm, Andrea Luchesi, Joseph Lanner, and Reynaldo Hahn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Gustav Leonhardt ranks 78. Before him are Carl Woese, Erik Bruhn, Borisav Jović, Eugene Merle Shoemaker, Colin Chapman, and Sara Montiel. After him are Elias James Corey, Osamu Shimomura, Daniel Nathans, Desmond Morris, Wolfgang von Trips, and Marco Ferreri. Among people deceased in 2012, Gustav Leonhardt ranks 59. Before him are Hebe Camargo, Carl Woese, Harry Harrison, William Standish Knowles, Ben Gazzara, and George Armitage Miller. After him are Kathryn Joosten, Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., Herbert Lom, Paddy Roy Bates, Chris Marker, and Miguel de la Madrid.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Gustav Leonhardt ranks 155 out of 1,427. Before him are Abraham Bloemaert (1566), Wim Kok (1938), Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (1547), Antonis Mor (1519), Jan Ingenhousz (1730), and Theo van Gogh (1957). After him are Lambert of Maastricht (635), Piet Keizer (1943), Anton Geesink (1934), Eddie Van Halen (1955), John of Leiden (1509), and Ary Scheffer (1795).

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Among COMPOSERS In Netherlands

Among composers born in Netherlands, Gustav Leonhardt ranks 2. Before him are Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562). After him are Willem Mengelberg (1871), Johann Adam Reincken (1643), Jacob Clemens non Papa (1510), Louis Andriessen (1939), Jacob van Eyck (1590), Anthony van Hoboken (1887), Simeon ten Holt (1923), Junkie XL (1967), and Michel van der Aa (1970).

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