COMPOSER

Josef Suk

1874 - 1935

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Josef Suk (4 January 1874 – 29 May 1935) was a Czech composer, violinist, and Olympic silver medalist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Josef Suk has received more than 18,159 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Josef Suk is the 211th most popular composer (up from 215th in 2019), the 107th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 97th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Czech Composer.

Josef Suk is most famous for his work with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and for his compositions.

Memorability Metrics

  • 18k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Josef Suk ranks 211 out of 1,451. Before him are Gilles Binchois, Alessandro Marcello, Steve Reich, Angelo Badalamenti, Pauline Viardot, and James Horner. After him are Franz von Suppé, Niccolò Piccinni, Howard Shore, Francesco Landini, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, and Maurizio Pollini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Josef Suk ranks 35. Before him are Reinhold Glière, Antanas Smetona, Inessa Armand, Gustav Holst, Luigi Einaudi, and Vsevolod Meyerhold. After him are Abbas II of Egypt, Joseph Erlanger, Henri Guisan, Auguste Perret, Charles Lightoller, and Ellery Harding Clark. Among people deceased in 1935, Josef Suk ranks 29. Before him are Komitas, Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia, Mihajlo Pupin, Max Liebermann, Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, and Ali of Hejaz. After him are Hugo Junkers, Oda Krohg, Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche, Johan Halvorsen, Panait Istrati, and John Macleod.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Josef Suk ranks 107 out of 1,200. Before him are Konrad Henlein (1898), Eduard Bloch (1872), Jan Neruda (1834), Jaroslav Heyrovský (1890), Oldřich Nejedlý (1909), and Emil Škoda (1839). After him are Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen (1856), Mojmir I of Moravia (795), Martina Navratilova (1956), Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897), Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1840), and Stanislav Grof (1931).

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Among COMPOSERS In Czechia

Among composers born in Czechia, Josef Suk ranks 8. Before him are Gustav Mahler (1860), Bedřich Smetana (1824), Leoš Janáček (1854), Bohuslav Martinů (1890), Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679), and Johann Stamitz (1717). After him are Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897), Anton Reicha (1770), Eduard Hanslick (1825), Josef Mysliveček (1737), Franz Benda (1709), and Julius Fučík (1872).

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