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Helmut Walcha

1907 - 1991

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Arthur Emil Helmut Walcha (27 October 1907 – 11 August 1991) was a German organist, harpsichordist, music teacher and composer who specialized in the works of the Dutch and German baroque masters. Blind since his teenage years, he is known for his recordings of the complete organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach, entirely played by memory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helmut Walcha has received more than 86,786 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Helmut Walcha is the 559th most popular composer (up from 741st in 2019), the 2,194th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,824th in 2019) and the 85th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Helmut Walcha ranks 559 out of 1,451. Before him are Bálint Bakfark, Pierre Henry, Henri Duparc, Stevan Mokranjac, Eleni Karaindrou, and Riccardo Drigo. After him are John Blow, Friedrich Wieck, Philippe Herreweghe, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, and Georg Christoph Wagenseil.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Helmut Walcha ranks 113. Before him are Tino Rossi, Maurice Couve de Murville, Johann Trollmann, Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, Daigoro Kondo, and Álvaro Gestido. After him are Ilona Elek, Ayub Khan, Rudolf Peierls, Pierre Pflimlin, George de Mestral, and Sabahattin Ali. Among people deceased in 1991, Helmut Walcha ranks 83. Before him are Cassandra Harris, Carmine Coppola, Yevgeny Dragunov, Berenice Abbott, Joachim Kroll, and Daigoro Kondo. After him are Jean Bruller, Ernst Krenek, Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid, Kevin Peter Hall, Vasko Popa, and Shintaro Abe.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Helmut Walcha ranks 2,194 out of 7,253. Before him are Konrad von Thüringen (1206), Magdalene of Brandenburg (1582), Alexander Lippisch (1894), Rahel Varnhagen (1771), Johann Friedrich Pfaff (1765), and Bertha of Sulzbach (1110). After him are Ludwig Uhland (1787), Anton Praetorius (1560), Wenceslaus I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg (1337), Rudolf I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg (1284), Wilhelm Peters (1815), and Berthold, Margrave of Baden (1906).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Helmut Walcha ranks 85. Before him are Curt Sachs (1881), Fredrik Pacius (1809), Johann Christoph Bach (1671), Gershon Kingsley (1922), Hermann Abendroth (1883), and Johann Crüger (1598). After him are Friedrich Wieck (1785), Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918), Hermann Levi (1839), Georg Joseph Vogler (1749), Julius Benedict (1804), and Tielman Susato (1500).

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