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Hugo Wolf

1860 - 1903

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Hugo Philipp Jacob Wolf (13 March 1860 – 22 February 1903) was an Austrian composer, particularly noted for his art songs, or Lieder. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugo Wolf has received more than 409,095 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Hugo Wolf is the 172nd most popular composer (up from 177th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Slovenia (down from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Slovene Composer.

Hugo Wolf is most famous for his lieder, which are German art songs.

Memorability Metrics

  • 410k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Hugo Wolf ranks 172 out of 1,451. Before him are Reinhold Glière, Léonin, Pietro Locatelli, Baldassare Galuppi, Jan Dismas Zelenka, and Henry Mancini. After him are Amilcare Ponchielli, Jordi Savall, Dmitry Kabalevsky, Gustav Holst, Francesca Caccini, and Luciano Berio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, Hugo Wolf ranks 23. Before him are Niels Ryberg Finsen, Princess Charlotte of Prussia, J. M. Barrie, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Ernest Thompson Seton, and Paul Gottlieb Nipkow. After him are John J. Pershing, Louis Wain, William Kemmler, Hjalmar Branting, Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia, and Oda Krohg. Among people deceased in 1903, Hugo Wolf ranks 12. Before him are Alois Hitler, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, Alexander I of Serbia, Josiah Willard Gibbs, and Otto Weininger. After him are Gotse Delchev, Gemma Galgani, Vasily Dokuchaev, Calamity Jane, Draga Mašin, and Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria.

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In Slovenia

Among people born in Slovenia, Hugo Wolf ranks 6 out of 340. Before him are Barbara of Cilli (1392), Giuseppe Tartini (1692), France Prešeren (1800), Slavoj Žižek (1949), and Jože Plečnik (1872). After him are Santorio Santorio (1561), Milan Kučan (1941), Antonio Abetti (1846), Hemma of Gurk (980), Edvard Kardelj (1910), and Franz Miklosich (1813).

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Among COMPOSERS In Slovenia

Among composers born in Slovenia, Hugo Wolf ranks 1. After him are Jacobus Gallus (1550), and Slavko Avsenik (1929).

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