COMPOSER

Paul Dessau

1894 - 1979

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Paul Dessau (19 December 1894 – 28 June 1979) was a German composer and conductor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Dessau has received more than 82,828 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Dessau is the 896th most popular composer (down from 878th in 2019), the 3,507th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,252nd in 2019) and the 139th most popular German Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 83k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Paul Dessau ranks 896 out of 1,451. Before him are Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, Gian Carlo Menotti, Henri Rabaud, Michele Carafa, Tigran Mansurian, and Klaus Huber. After him are Hermann Goetz, Václav Tomášek, Tan Dun, Giaches de Wert, Anton Stamitz, and Hans von Koessler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Paul Dessau ranks 140. Before him are Harold Innis, Ecaterina Teodoroiu, Vilmos Aba-Novák, Turar Ryskulov, Georges Carpentier, and Hermann Muhs. After him are Johan Wilhelm Rangell, J. B. Priestley, Bertha Lutz, Willem Schermerhorn, Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, and Aleksandr Khinchin. Among people deceased in 1979, Paul Dessau ranks 132. Before him are Antonio Caggiano, Aleksei Kapler, Evald Ilyenkov, Pedro Arico Suárez, Minnie Riperton, and Georges Florovsky. After him are Amedeo Nazzari, Ethel Smith, Juana de Ibarbourou, Dorothy Arzner, István Örkény, and Ted Cassidy.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Paul Dessau ranks 3,507 out of 7,253. Before him are Hans Christian Blech (1915), Hermann Muhs (1894), Heinrich Anton de Bary (1831), Lotte Lehmann (1888), Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen (1833), and Erich Salomon (1886). After him are Franz John (1872), Conrad of Urach (1170), Herbert Erhardt (1930), Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1581), Carl Blechen (1798), and Curt Haase (1881).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Paul Dessau ranks 139. Before him are Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754), Heinrich Bach (1615), Werner Egk (1901), Robert Volkmann (1815), Aribert Reimann (1936), and Franz Tunder (1614). After him are Hans von Koessler (1853), Johann Jacob Bach (1682), Johann Walter (1496), Heinrich Albert (1604), Felix Draeseke (1835), and Johann Adolf Scheibe (1708).

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