COMPOSER

Josef Tal

1910 - 2008

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Josef Tal (Hebrew: יוסף טל; September 18, 1910 – August 25, 2008) was an Israeli composer. He wrote three Hebrew operas; four German operas, dramatic scenes; six symphonies; 13 concerti; chamber music, including three string quartets; instrumental works; and electronic compositions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Josef Tal has received more than 96,096 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Josef Tal is the 714th most popular composer (up from 734th in 2019), the 606th most popular biography from Poland (down from 591st in 2019) and the 24th most popular Polish Composer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Josef Tal ranks 714 out of 1,451. Before him are Armando Trovajoli, Wolfgang Schmieder, Michel Corrette, Vatroslav Lisinski, Anton Walter, and Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini. After him are Amy Beach, Nicolas Gombert, Kenji Kawai, František Brixi, Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann, and Johann Krieger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Josef Tal ranks 137. Before him are Aleksandar Tirnanić, Franz Kline, Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow, Scatman Crothers, Rachel Kempson, and Josef Klaus. After him are Gerhard Schröder, Wolfgang Preiss, Joy Adamson, Louis Prima, Ernst Schäfer, and Heinrich Sutermeister. Among people deceased in 2008, Josef Tal ranks 123. Before him are David Ausubel, Fred Sinowatz, Mieczysław Rakowski, Dinko Šakić, Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro, and Khiuaz Dospanova. After him are Ove Andersson, Sœur Emmanuelle, Joan Segarra, Šaban Bajramović, Alfred Pfaff, and Marie Smith Jones.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Josef Tal ranks 606 out of 1,694. Before him are Bogislaw V, Duke of Pomerania (1318), Michael O. Rabin (1931), Wolfgang Weber (1944), Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro (1926), Wojciech Has (1925), and Wolfgang Schmieder (1901). After him are Franciszek Macharski (1927), Józef Maria Bocheński (1902), Otto Lasch (1893), Michał Sopoćko (1888), Józef Wybicki (1747), and Gerda Steinhoff (1922).

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Among COMPOSERS In Poland

Among composers born in Poland, Josef Tal ranks 24. Before him are Johann Gottlieb Goldberg (1727), Franz Waxman (1906), Johann Schobert (1720), Krzysztof Komeda (1931), Karol Lipiński (1790), and Wolfgang Schmieder (1901). After him are Andrzej Panufnik (1914), Mykhailo Verbytskyi (1815), Carl Schuricht (1880), Arnold Mendelssohn (1855), Józef Kozłowski (1757), and Salomon Jadassohn (1831).

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