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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 91,119 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Josef Tal is the 735th most popular composer (down from 631st in 2019), the 591st most popular biography from Poland (down from 499th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Polish Composer.

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  • 91k

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  • 52.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Josef Tal ranks 735 out of 1,216Before him are Ferdinand David, Giovanni Animuccia, Henri Rabaud, Antonio Bertali, Johann Ludwig Krebs, and Jean-Henri d'Anglebert. After him are Keiko Abe, Charles Tournemire, Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Alexander Spendiaryan, Joseph Marx, and Heinrich Scheidemann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Josef Tal ranks 133Before him are Claire Trevor, Louis Prima, Ernst Schäfer, Josef Klaus, Rachel Kempson, and Giulietta Simionato. After him are Sylvia Sidney, Trygve Bratteli, Franz Kline, Yekaterina Furtseva, T-Bone Walker, and Kelly Johnson. Among people deceased in 2008, Josef Tal ranks 119Before him are Šaban Bajramović, Lazare Ponticelli, Tommy Lapid, Rubens de Falco, Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro, and Sofiko Chiaureli. After him are Andrew Bertie, Bernie Mac, Philipp von Boeselager, Tsutomu Miyazaki, Vice Vukov, and Pak Song-chol.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Josef Tal ranks 591 out of 1,454Before him are Helene Deutsch (1884), Józef Maria Bocheński (1902), Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski (1595), Franciszek Macharski (1927), Melchior Grodziecki (1584), and Hans Stuck (1900). After him are Michał Kazimierz Ogiński (1729), Ewa Kłobukowska (1946), Marek Janowski (1939), Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1734), Franciszek Pieczka (1928), and Xaver Scharwenka (1850).

Among COMPOSERS In Poland

Among composers born in Poland, Josef Tal ranks 21Before him are Zbigniew Preisner (1955), Johann Adam Hiller (1728), Franz Waxman (1906), Johann Gottlieb Goldberg (1727), Wolfgang Schmieder (1901), and Krzysztof Komeda (1931). After him are Karol Lipiński (1790), Johann Schobert (1720), Andrzej Panufnik (1914), Carl Schuricht (1880), Arnold Mendelssohn (1855), and Karol Kurpiński (1785).