COMPOSER

Stanisław Moniuszko

1819 - 1872

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Stanisław Moniuszko (Polish: [stãˈɲiswaf mɔ̃ˈɲuʃkɔ] ; May 5 (17), 1819 – June 4, 1872) was a Polish composer, conductor, organist and pedagogue. He wrote many popular art songs and operas, including The Haunted Manor and Halka, and his music is filled with patriotic folk themes of the peoples of the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (mainly Poles, Lithuanians and Belarusians). He is generally referred to as "the father of Polish national opera". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stanisław Moniuszko has received more than 206,323 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Stanisław Moniuszko is the 236th most popular composer (up from 283rd in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Belarus (up from 32nd in 2019) and the most popular Belarusian Composer.

Stanisław Moniuszko is most famous for his operas. He was a Polish composer who wrote the operas Halka, The Haunted Manor, and The Countess.

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  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Stanisław Moniuszko ranks 236 out of 1,451. Before him are Dmitry Bortniansky, Sofia Gubaidulina, Luigi Nono, William Byrd, Mykola Leontovych, and Antonio Caldara. After him are Benedetto Marcello, Charles-Marie Widor, Johan Halvorsen, Johann Adolph Hasse, Henryk Górecki, and Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, Stanisław Moniuszko ranks 21. Before him are Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, John Couch Adams, William T. G. Morton, George V of Hanover, Theodor Fontane, and Franz von Suppé. After him are Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Gottfried Keller, Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois, Francis V, Duke of Modena, Allan Pinkerton, and Johan Jongkind. Among people deceased in 1872, Stanisław Moniuszko ranks 11. Before him are Charles XV of Sweden, Théophile Gautier, Benito Juárez, Franz Grillparzer, N. F. S. Grundtvig, and William Webb Ellis. After him are William John Macquorn Rankine, Ljudevit Gaj, Aleksis Kivi, Immanuel Nobel, Zeng Guofan, and Mary Somerville.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Stanisław Moniuszko ranks 25 out of 368. Before him are Mstislav I of Kiev (1076), Isser Harel (1912), Yanka Kupala (1882), Ossip Zadkine (1888), Pavel Sukhoi (1895), and Alexander Parvus (1867). After him are Bronislav Kaminski (1899), Léon Bakst (1866), Raphael Lemkin (1900), Maria Kaczyńska (1942), Francysk Skaryna (1486), and Stanislav Shushkevich (1934).

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Among COMPOSERS In Belarus

Among composers born in Belarus, Stanisław Moniuszko ranks 1. After him are Mieczysław Karłowicz (1876).

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