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Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy

1714 - 1790

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Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy (Hungarian: Esterházy I. Miklós, German: Nikolaus I. Joseph Fürst Esterhazy; slovensky Mikuláš I. Esterházy; 18 December 1714 – 28 September 1790) was a Hungarian prince, a member of the famous Esterházy family. His building of palaces, extravagant clothing, and taste for opera and other grand musical productions led to his being given the title "the Magnificent". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy has received more than 106,673 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy is the 370th most popular composer (down from 314th in 2019), the 344th most popular biography from Austria (down from 308th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Austrian Composer.

Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy is most famous for being a Hungarian nobleman and composer who lived from 1732 to 1790. He is considered to be one of the most important composers of classical music in the 18th century.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy ranks 370 out of 1,451. Before him are Jan Ladislav Dussek, Wojciech Kilar, Alfredo Casella, Aaron Copland, Mykola Lysenko, and Domenico Zipoli. After him are Alfredo Catalani, Grażyna Bacewicz, Wolfgang Wagner, Joaquín Turina, Charles Koechlin, and Hans Richter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1714, Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy ranks 10. Before him are Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, Joseph I of Portugal, Claude Joseph Vernet, Alaungpaya, Niccolò Jommelli, and Jean-Baptiste Pigalle. After him are Pontiac, Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick, Kristijonas Donelaitis, Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia, Princess Anne Charlotte of Lorraine, and Kosmas the Aetolian. Among people deceased in 1790, Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy ranks 6. Before him are Adam Smith, Benjamin Franklin, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg, and Ernst Gideon von Laudon. After him are Johann Bernhard Basedow, András Hadik, Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Mohammed ben Abdallah, Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha, and Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy ranks 344 out of 1,424. Before him are Joseph Mohr (1792), Leopold IV, Duke of Austria (1371), Margaret of Austria, Queen of Bohemia (1204), Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este (1915), Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria (1872), and Hans Krankl (1953). After him are Toni Sailer (1935), Otto Gross (1877), Helene Weigel (1900), Joe Zawinul (1932), Carl Auer von Welsbach (1858), and René Spitz (1887).

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Among COMPOSERS In Austria

Among composers born in Austria, Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy ranks 29. Before him are Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736), Max Steiner (1888), Franz Xaver Süssmayr (1766), Joseph Lanner (1801), Ludwig Ritter von Köchel (1800), and Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (1620). After him are Johann Joseph Fux (1660), Robert Stolz (1880), Oscar Straus (1870), Hans Krása (1899), Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715), and Ernst Krenek (1900).

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