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Johann Gottfried Piefke

1815 - 1884

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Johann Gottfried Piefke (9 September 1817 – 25 January 1884) was a German band leader, (Kapellmeister) and composer of military music. Piefke was born in Schwerin an der Warthe, Prussia (now Skwierzyna, Poland). In the 1850s, he was band leader for the 8th Infantry Regiment in Berlin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Gottfried Piefke has received more than 71,888 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Johann Gottfried Piefke is the 859th most popular musician (down from 756th in 2019), the 730th most popular biography from Poland (down from 639th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Polish Musician.

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  • 19

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  • 4.22

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  • 2.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Johann Gottfried Piefke ranks 859 out of 3,175. Before her are Eric Ericson, Michael Brecker, Angélique Kidjo, Nicanor Zabaleta, Roy Buchanan, and Freddie Hubbard. After her are Adam Clayton, Jordan Rudess, Ingo Schwichtenberg, Åse Kleveland, Richie Havens, and Pino Donaggio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, Johann Gottfried Piefke ranks 48. Before her are Louise Rasmussen, Ang Mey, Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz, Mykhailo Verbytskyi, Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, and Robert Volkmann. After her are Crawford Long, Alphonse Beau de Rochas, Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina, Aleksandr Baryatinsky, James B. Francis, and Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg. Among people deceased in 1884, Johann Gottfried Piefke ranks 41. Before her are Kiến Phúc, Gotthilf Hagen, Gustave Le Gray, Auguste Franchomme, Antonio García Gutiérrez, and Arnold Henry Guyot. After her are Bernardo Guimarães, Jan Arnošt Smoler, Aníbal Pinto, Cyrus McCormick, Augustin-Alexandre Dumont, and Giuseppe De Nittis.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Johann Gottfried Piefke ranks 730 out of 1,694. Before her are Bernhard Grzimek (1909), Edward Bernard Raczyński (1891), Hypatius Pociej (1541), Zofia Posmysz (1923), Józef Glemp (1929), and Wilhelm Fliess (1858). After her are Stanisław Konarski (1700), Kurt Feldt (1897), Wincenty Kadłubek (1150), Janusz Kusociński (1907), Bernhard Lichtenberg (1875), and Johann Gottlieb Georgi (1729).

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Among MUSICIANS In Poland

Among musicians born in Poland, Johann Gottfried Piefke ranks 15. Before her are Josef Hofmann (1876), Christoph Eschenbach (1940), Bronisław Huberman (1882), Julian Fontana (1810), Julie Guicciardi (1782), and Xaver Scharwenka (1850). After her are Mordechai Gebirtig (1877), Holger Czukay (1938), Theodor Kullak (1818), Carl Tausig (1841), Ewa Demarczyk (1941), and Szymon Goldberg (1909).

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