COMPOSER

Hugo Distler

1908 - 1942

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August Hugo Distler (24 June 1908 – 1 November 1942) was a German organist, choral conductor, teacher and composer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugo Distler has received more than 89,773 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Hugo Distler is the 1,057th most popular composer (down from 1,006th in 2019), the 4,199th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,615th in 2019) and the 158th most popular German Composer.

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  • 90k

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  • 49.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Hugo Distler ranks 1,057 out of 1,451. Before him are Xian Xinghai, Patrick Doyle, Petr Eben, Alexander Serov, Marcello Abbado, and Salomon Jadassohn. After him are Frederick Loewe, Sándor Végh, Halfdan Kjerulf, Ahmet Adnan Saygun, Philippe Sarde, and Félicien David.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Hugo Distler ranks 234. Before him are Tommaso Landolfi, Tullio Pinelli, Helen Jacobs, Francesco Camusso, Eddie Tolan, and Milton Berle. After him are Nikolai Kamanin, Jules Vandooren, Eugen Suchoň, Mohammad Natsir, Jagjivan Ram, and Winston Graham. Among people deceased in 1942, Hugo Distler ranks 168. Before him are Demetrios Petrokokkinos, Racho Petrov, Heber Doust Curtis, Yevgeny Petrov, Romà Forns, and Carl Sternheim. After him are Jerzy Różycki, Refik Saydam, Alexandre Volkoff, Laura Hope Crews, Oskari Mantere, and Joshua Pim.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hugo Distler ranks 4,199 out of 7,253. Before him are Adam Lonicer (1528), Otto Schily (1932), Joachim Ringelnatz (1883), Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1906), Gottlieb von Jagow (1863), and Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1640). After him are Peter Schilling (1956), Claus Offe (1940), Ferdinand Leitner (1912), Frederick I, Count Palatine of Simmern (1417), Frederick Loewe (1901), and Adolf Grünbaum (1923).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Hugo Distler ranks 158. Before him are Julius Reubke (1834), Daniel Gottlob Türk (1750), Wolfgang Rihm (1952), Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse (1774), Otto Jahn (1813), and Gustav Lange (1830). After him are Frederick Loewe (1901), Jean Gilbert (1879), Johann Nicolaus Bach (1669), Julius Rietz (1812), Karl Klindworth (1830), and Klaus Badelt (1967).

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