1877 - 1933
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (November 21, 1877 – April 9, 1933) was a German composer in the early twentieth century, best known for his compositions for pipe organ and reed organ. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sigfrid Karg-Elert has received more than 95,163 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Sigfrid Karg-Elert is the 679th most popular composer (down from 619th in 2019), the 2,612th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,308th in 2019) and the 100th most popular German Composer.
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Among composers, Sigfrid Karg-Elert ranks 679 out of 1,216. Before him are André Messager, Isang Yun, Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, Sergei Bortkiewicz, Boris Asafyev, and Gaspar Cassadó. After him are Boris Blacher, Jakov Gotovac, Oskar Nedbal, Alonso Mudarra, Nikolai Tcherepnin, and Mieczysław Karłowicz.
1853 - 1929
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 673
1917 - 1995
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 674
1656 - 1746
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 675
1877 - 1952
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 676
1884 - 1949
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 677
1897 - 1966
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 678
1877 - 1933
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 679
1903 - 1975
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 680
1895 - 1982
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 681
1874 - 1930
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 682
1510 - 1580
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 683
1873 - 1945
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 684
1876 - 1909
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 685
Among people born in 1877, Sigfrid Karg-Elert ranks 74. Before him are Princess Pauline of Württemberg, Titta Ruffo, Isidora Sekulić, Alfredo Guzzoni, Renée Vivien, and Sergei Bortkiewicz. After him are Béla Kiss, Mordechai Gebirtig, Erik Scavenius, Hélène Dutrieu, Pascual Ortiz Rubio, and Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow. Among people deceased in 1933, Sigfrid Karg-Elert ranks 51. Before him are Friedrich Zander, Sen Katayama, Theodor Lessing, Giovanni Giacometti, Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, and Princess Mathilde of Saxony. After him are Takiji Kobayashi, Frank Jarvis, Prince Alfons of Bavaria, Albert Apponyi, Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt, and Toktogul Satylganov.
1877 - 1965
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 68
1877 - 1953
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 69
1877 - 1958
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 70
1877 - 1965
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 71
1877 - 1909
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 72
1877 - 1952
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 73
1877 - 1933
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 74
1877 - 1915
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 75
1877 - 1942
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 76
1877 - 1962
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 77
1877 - 1961
HPI: 53.04
Rank: 78
1877 - 1963
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 79
1877 - 1970
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 80
1887 - 1933
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 45
1859 - 1933
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 46
1872 - 1933
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 47
1868 - 1933
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 48
1862 - 1933
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 49
1863 - 1933
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 50
1877 - 1933
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 51
1903 - 1933
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 52
1878 - 1933
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 53
1862 - 1933
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 54
1846 - 1933
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 55
1857 - 1933
HPI: 51.86
Rank: 56
1864 - 1933
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 57
Among people born in Germany, Sigfrid Karg-Elert ranks 2,612 out of 6,142. Before him are Agnes Bernauer (1410), Pam Ferris (1948), Flavia Julia Constantia (290), Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels (1648), Hans Albert (1921), and Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse (1244). After him are Ferdinand Christian Baur (1792), Siegfried Bing (1838), Ernest, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1842), Hellmuth Walter (1900), Luigi Colani (1928), and Marie Eleonore of Cleves (1550).
1410 - 1435
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 2,606
1948 - Present
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 2,607
290 - 330
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 2,608
1648 - 1681
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 2,609
1921 - Present
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 2,610
1244 - 1308
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 2,611
1877 - 1933
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 2,612
1792 - 1860
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 2,613
1838 - 1905
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 2,614
1842 - 1904
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 2,615
1900 - 1980
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 2,616
1928 - 2019
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 2,617
1550 - 1608
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 2,618
Among composers born in Germany, Sigfrid Karg-Elert ranks 100. Before him are Franz Abt (1819), Johann Baptist Cramer (1771), Hermann Levi (1839), Matthias Weckmann (1619), Johann Melchior Molter (1696), and Johann Crüger (1598). After him are Christian Cannabich (1731), Franz Lachner (1803), Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow (1663), Johann Caspar Kerll (1627), Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754), and Norbert Burgmüller (1810).
1819 - 1885
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 94
1771 - 1858
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 95
1839 - 1900
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 96
1619 - 1674
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 97
1696 - 1765
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 98
1598 - 1662
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 99
1877 - 1933
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 100
1731 - 1798
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 101
1803 - 1890
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 102
1663 - 1712
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 103
1627 - 1693
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 104
1754 - 1812
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 105
1810 - 1836
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 106