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Paul Ben-Haim

1897 - 1984

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Paul Ben-Haim (or Paul Ben-Chaim, Hebrew: פאול בן חיים) (5 July 1897 – 14 January 1984) was an Israeli composer. Born Paul Frankenburger in Munich, Germany, he studied composition with Friedrich Klose and he was assistant conductor to Bruno Walter and Hans Knappertsbusch from 1920 to 1924. He served as conductor at Augsburg from 1924 to 1931, and afterwards devoted himself to teaching and composition, including teaching at the Shulamit Conservatory in Tel Aviv, Israel. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Ben-Haim has received more than 82,103 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Ben-Haim is the 730th most popular composer (up from 781st in 2019), the 2,911th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,932nd in 2019) and the 117th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Paul Ben-Haim ranks 730 out of 1,451. Before him are Mieczysław Karłowicz, Carl Millöcker, Bartolomeo Tromboncino, Paul Wranitzky, Domenico Gabrielli, and Matthias Weckmann. After him are Johann Gottlieb Naumann, Rued Langgaard, Arthur Sullivan, Matvey Blanter, Hans Rott, and Charles Tournemire.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Paul Ben-Haim ranks 144. Before him are August Heissmeyer, Horace McCoy, Wilhelm Falley, Gottfried, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Robert Ludvigovich Bartini, and Zhang Guotao. After him are Ram Prasad Bismil, Dirk Stikker, Lya De Putti, Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Tan Malaka, and Herman J. Mankiewicz. Among people deceased in 1984, Paul Ben-Haim ranks 103. Before him are Motoo Tatsuhara, Manuel Fleitas Solich, Adam Malik, Panteleimon Ponomarenko, Big Mama Thornton, and Knut Nordahl. After him are Jüri Lossmann, Jorge Guillén, Sergei Salnikov, Richard E. Bellman, Titus Burckhardt, and Giuseppe Colombo.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Paul Ben-Haim ranks 2,911 out of 7,253. Before him are Wilhelm Batz (1916), Armin Laschet (1961), Werner Goldberg (1919), Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow (1789), Matthias Weckmann (1619), and Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin (1744). After him are Prince George, Duke of Cambridge (1819), Prince Christoph of Hesse (1901), Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741), Friedrich Stromeyer (1776), Hajo Herrmann (1913), and Alexander Gode (1906).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Paul Ben-Haim ranks 117. Before him are Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow (1663), Franz Lachner (1803), Aloysia Weber (1760), Anton Walter (1752), Johann Krieger (1651), and Matthias Weckmann (1619). After him are Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741), Christian Cannabich (1731), Johann Baptist Cramer (1771), Norbert Burgmüller (1810), Johann Melchior Molter (1696), and Heinrich Scheidemann (1596).

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