COMPOSER

Ralph Benatzky

1884 - 1957

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Ralph Benatzky (5 June 1884 – 16 October 1957), born in Mährisch Budwitz (Moravské Budějovice) as Rudolph Franz [František] Josef Benatzky, was an Austrian composer of Moravian origin. He composed operas and operettas, such as Casanova (1928), Die drei Musketiere (1929), Im weißen Rössl (1930) and Meine Schwester und ich (1930). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ralph Benatzky has received more than 52,626 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Ralph Benatzky is the 927th most popular composer (down from 862nd in 2019), the 453rd most popular biography from Czechia (down from 393rd in 2019) and the 49th most popular Czech Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Ralph Benatzky ranks 927 out of 1,451Before him are Johann Walter, Slavko Avsenik, Nicolas Isouard, Baude Cordier, Théodore Gouvy, and Xavier Montsalvatge. After him are Carl Schuricht, Vissarion Shebalin, Ivan Larionov, Othmar Schoeck, Harald Sæverud, and Erkki Aaltonen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Ralph Benatzky ranks 119Before him are Evelyn Nesbit, Billie Burke, Sara Teasdale, Princess Caroline Reuss of Greiz, Frederick Lorz, and Angelos Sikelianos. After him are Agus Salim, Willem Marinus Dudok, David Bergelson, Roy Chapman Andrews, Jack Greenwell, and Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria. Among people deceased in 1957, Ralph Benatzky ranks 129Before him are Peter Freuchen, Joseph Canteloube, Bugs Moran, Frank País, Sadri Maksudi Arsal, and Augusto Genina. After him are John Sealy Townsend, Othmar Schoeck, Grace Coolidge, James Whale, Óscar Domínguez, and William Cameron Menzies.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Ralph Benatzky ranks 453 out of 1,200Before him are Milan Máčala (1943), Ernst Tugendhat (1930), Jaromír Jágr (1972), Václav Hanka (1791), Dagmar Lassander (1943), and Otakar Vávra (1911). After him are Koloman Gögh (1948), Ernst Weiss (1882), František Veselý (1943), Tomáš Skuhravý (1965), David Černý (1967), and Josef Vojta (1935).

Among COMPOSERS In Czechia

Among composers born in Czechia, Ralph Benatzky ranks 49Before him are Antonín Vranický (1761), Leo Fall (1873), Václav Tomášek (1774), Anton Stamitz (1750), Jan Kalivoda (1801), and Christoph Demantius (1567). After him are August Wilhelm Ambros (1816), Andreas Hammerschmidt (1611), Petr Eben (1929), Jaromír Weinberger (1896), František Škroup (1801), and Rudolf Friml (1879).