1873 - 1918
Rudolf Tobias (29 May [O.S. 17 May] 1873 – 29 October 1918) was the first Estonian professional composer, as well as a professional organist. He studied at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rudolf Tobias has received more than 47,009 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Rudolf Tobias is the 1,044th most popular composer (down from 988th in 2019), the 116th most popular biography from Estonia (down from 111th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Estonian Composer.
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Among composers, Rudolf Tobias ranks 1,044 out of 1,216. Before him are Boris Papandopulo, Otto Jahn, Michael Tippett, Vilém Blodek, Frederick Loewe, and William Lawes. After him are Fumio Hayasaka, Hermann Goetz, Richard Heuberger, Knut Nystedt, Karol Kurpiński, and Yuri Antonov.
1906 - 1991
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 1,038
1813 - 1869
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 1,039
1905 - 1998
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 1,040
1834 - 1874
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 1,041
1901 - 1988
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 1,042
1602 - 1645
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 1,043
1873 - 1918
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 1,044
1914 - 1955
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 1,045
1840 - 1876
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 1,046
1850 - 1914
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 1,047
1915 - 2014
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 1,048
1785 - 1857
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 1,049
1945 - Present
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 1,050
Among people born in 1873, Rudolf Tobias ranks 123. Before him are Barnum Brown, Nikolay Bauman, Wojciech Korfanty, Hamida Javanshir, Antonín Švehla, and Vladimir Bonch-Bruyevich. After him are Ivan Shmelyov, Edwin Flack, Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe, Frank Wild, Rosa Sensat, and Oscar von Sydow. Among people deceased in 1918, Rudolf Tobias ranks 131. Before him are Savva Mamontov, Marcel Deprez, Eduard von Keyserling, Władysław Ślewiński, Maxime Maufra, and Aleksei Evert. After him are Toivo Kuula, Waldemar Rosenberger, Abbas Sahhat, Milan Neralić, Vasily Safonov, and John McCrae.
1873 - 1963
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 117
1873 - Present
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 118
1873 - 1939
HPI: 48.67
Rank: 119
1873 - 1955
HPI: 48.67
Rank: 120
1873 - 1933
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 121
1873 - 1955
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 122
1873 - 1918
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 123
1873 - 1950
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 124
1873 - 1935
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 125
1873 - 1962
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 126
1873 - 1939
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 127
1873 - 1961
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 128
1873 - 1936
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 129
1841 - 1918
HPI: 48.62
Rank: 125
1843 - 1918
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 126
1855 - 1918
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 127
1856 - 1918
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 128
1861 - 1918
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 129
1857 - 1918
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 130
1873 - 1918
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 131
1883 - 1918
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 132
1848 - 1918
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 133
1874 - 1918
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 134
1875 - 1918
HPI: 47.69
Rank: 135
1852 - 1918
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 136
1872 - 1918
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 137
Among people born in Estonia, Rudolf Tobias ranks 116 out of 310. Before him are Tiit Vähi (1947), Andres Tarand (1940), Jaan Kikkas (1892), Juhan Liiv (1864), Friedebert Tuglas (1886), and Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (1805). After him are Johannes Kotkas (1915), Jakob Hurt (1839), Friedrich Robert Faehlmann (1798), Pavel Schilling (1786), Johann Köler (1826), and Mart Helme (1949).
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.62
Rank: 110
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 111
1892 - 1944
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 112
1864 - 1913
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 113
1886 - 1971
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 114
1805 - 1887
HPI: 48.29
Rank: 115
1873 - 1918
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 116
1915 - 1998
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 117
1839 - 1907
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 118
1798 - 1850
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 119
1786 - 1837
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 120
1826 - 1899
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 121
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 122
Among composers born in Estonia, Rudolf Tobias ranks 11. Before him are Heino Eller (1887), Käbi Laretei (1922), Alexei Lvov (1798), Juhan Aavik (1884), Ester Mägi (1922), and Artur Kapp (1878). After him are Artur Lemba (1885), Eino Tamberg (1930), Knudåge Riisager (1897), Lepo Sumera (1950), and Erkki-Sven Tüür (1959).
1887 - 1970
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 5
1922 - 2014
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 6
1798 - 1870
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 7
1884 - 1982
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 8
1922 - 2021
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 9
1878 - 1952
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 10
1873 - 1918
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 11
1885 - 1963
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 12
1930 - 2010
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 13
1897 - 1974
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 14
1950 - 2000
HPI: 45.48
Rank: 15
1959 - Present
HPI: 42.25
Rank: 16