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Josef Bohuslav Foerster

1859 - 1951

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Josef Bohuslav Foerster (30 December 1859 – 29 May 1951) was a Czech composer and musicologist. He is often referred to as J. B. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Josef Bohuslav Foerster has received more than 61,165 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Josef Bohuslav Foerster is the 696th most popular composer (down from 674th in 2019), the 325th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 303rd in 2019) and the 30th most popular Czech Composer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Josef Bohuslav Foerster ranks 696 out of 1,451. Before him are Xavier Cugat, Johann Andreas Stein, Conradin Kreutzer, Johan Agrell, Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, and Antoine Brumel. After him are Nicolas-Charles Bochsa, Florian Leopold Gassmann, Francisco Guerrero, Ciprian Porumbescu, Alonso Mudarra, and Joseph Jongen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Josef Bohuslav Foerster ranks 67. Before him are Karl von Stürgkh, Charles Diehl, Otto Warburg, Sergei Lyapunov, Belle Gunness, and John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe. After him are Mikhail Rodzianko, Aurel Stodola, Adolf Bertram, Kostis Palamas, August von Gödrich, and Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe. Among people deceased in 1951, Josef Bohuslav Foerster ranks 78. Before him are Simon Kimbangu, Géza Maróczy, Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria, Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia, Abanindranath Tagore, and Warner Baxter. After him are Lippo Hertzka, Vasiliy Ulrikh, Riad Al Solh, Gonzalo Queipo de Llano, Paula von Preradović, and István Friedrich.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Josef Bohuslav Foerster ranks 325 out of 1,200. Before him are Christian Mayer (1719), Milan Baroš (1981), Karel Poborský (1972), Josef Jungmann (1773), Count Gustav Kálnoky (1832), and Józef Czapski (1896). After him are Vladislaus III, Duke of Bohemia (1160), Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729), Gabriel von Max (1840), Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe (1868), Antonio Rosetti (1746), and Georg Joseph Kamel (1661).

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Among COMPOSERS In Czechia

Among composers born in Czechia, Josef Bohuslav Foerster ranks 30. Before him are Leopold Koželuch (1747), Franz Xaver Richter (1709), Alois Hába (1893), Anton Schindler (1795), Otakar Ševčík (1852), and Johann Joseph Abert (1832). After him are Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729), Antonio Rosetti (1746), František Brixi (1732), Paul Wranitzky (1756), Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (1656), and Franz Krommer (1759).

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