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Paul Abraham

1892 - 1960

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Paul Abraham (Hungarian: Ábrahám Pál; 2 November 1892 – 6 May 1960) was a Jewish-Hungarian composer of operettas, who scored major successes in the German-speaking world. His specialty – and own innovation – was the insertion of jazz interludes into operettas. Abraham was born in Apatin, Austria-Hungary (today Serbia), and studied at the Royal National Hungarian Academy of Music in Budapest from 1910 to 1916. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Abraham has received more than 75,063 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Paul Abraham is the 320th most popular composer (up from 443rd in 2019), the 76th most popular biography from Serbia (up from 84th in 2019) and the most popular Serbian Composer.

Paul Abraham is most famous for his work in the world of fashion. He has been designing and selling clothes for over twenty years. His clothes are known for their quality and comfort.

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  • 75k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Paul Abraham ranks 320 out of 1,451. Before him are Leonardo Leo, Francesco Cilea, Valentyn Sylvestrov, Franz Benda, Vincent d'Indy, and Giovanni Bononcini. After him are Saverio Mercadante, Pierre De Geyter, Charles Ives, Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Johann Adam Reincken, and Ignaz Pleyel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Paul Abraham ranks 65. Before him are Johannes Frießner, Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth, Tamon Yamaguchi, Eiji Yoshikawa, Tazio Nuvolari, and Guo Moruo. After him are Alfonsina Storni, Marcel Dassault, Edith Södergran, Mikhail Gurevich, Germaine Tailleferre, and S. R. Ranganathan. Among people deceased in 1960, Paul Abraham ranks 37. Before him are Hugo Alfvén, Ida Rubinstein, Soghomon Tehlirian, Inejiro Asanuma, Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria, and Victor Klemperer. After him are Jacques Becker, Otoya Yamaguchi, Norodom Suramarit, John D. Rockefeller Jr., Eddie Cochran, and Frank Lloyd.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Paul Abraham ranks 76 out of 661. Before him are Rajko Mitić (1922), Gojko Mitić (1940), Lazar Branković (1421), Stepa Stepanović (1856), Živojin Mišić (1855), and Petar Stambolić (1912). After him are Svetislav Pešić (1949), Vujadin Boškov (1931), Miki Manojlović (1950), Bata Živojinović (1933), Thomas Nagel (1937), and Vuk Drašković (1946).

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Among COMPOSERS In Serbia

Among composers born in Serbia, Paul Abraham ranks 1. After him are Stevan Mokranjac (1856), Stevan Hristić (1885), Sanja Ilić (1951), and Isidora Žebeljan (1967).

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