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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 82,740 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Helmut Walcha is the 742nd most popular composer (up from 821st in 2019), the 2,827th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,954th in 2019) and the 112th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Helmut Walcha ranks 742 out of 1,216. Before him are Keiko Abe, Charles Tournemire, Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Alexander Spendiaryan, Joseph Marx, and Heinrich Scheidemann. After him are Armando Trovajoli, Conradin Kreutzer, Jacob van Eyck, Giacomo Antonio Perti, Johann Krieger, and Anton Walter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Helmut Walcha ranks 143. Before him are Ursula Kuczynski, Annabella, Yasushi Inoue, Parvin E'tesami, Ernesto Mascheroni, and Mihail Sebastian. After him are L. Sprague de Camp, Ita Rina, Géza von Radványi, Roberto Cherro, Béla Barényi, and Miguel Torga. Among people deceased in 1991, Helmut Walcha ranks 99. Before him are Heidi Brühl, Yasushi Inoue, Otl Aicher, Metin Oktay, Mikheil Meskhi, and Antoine Berman. After him are Schubert Gambetta, Zino Francescatti, Claude Cahen, Gino Colaussi, Artur Lundkvist, and Daigoro Kondo.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Helmut Walcha ranks 2,827 out of 6,142. Before him are Karl Mollweide (1774), Theodor Meynert (1833), Friedrich Kohlrausch (1840), Duchess Charlotte Felicitas of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1671), Prince Alfons of Bavaria (1862), and Robert Blum (1807). After him are Fritz von Opel (1899), Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1773), Karl Valentin (1882), Klaus Augenthaler (1957), Otto Hölder (1859), and Conradin Kreutzer (1780).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Helmut Walcha ranks 112. Before him are Johann Caspar Kerll (1627), Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754), Norbert Burgmüller (1810), Ferdinand David (1810), Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713), and Heinrich Scheidemann (1596). After him are Conradin Kreutzer (1780), Johann Krieger (1651), Anton Walter (1752), Johann Friedrich Agricola (1720), Hans von Koessler (1853), and Johann Rosenmüller (1619).

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