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Vladimír Franz

1959 - Today

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Vladimír Franz (born 25 May 1959 in Prague, Czechoslovakia), is a Czech composer, painter, university scholar and occasional journalist, poet and playwright. Since mid-1980s he has composed stage music for more than 150 theatre performances—for many of them he was awarded national-level prizes—he has also composed a symphony, several operas, oratorios, a musical, ballet, as well as film music and music for documentaries and radio plays. His second main area of activities in the field of arts is represented by painting. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vladimír Franz has received more than 168,564 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Vladimír Franz is the 1,292nd most popular composer (down from 1,102nd in 2019), the 717th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 533rd in 2019) and the 60th most popular Czech Composer.

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  • 170k

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  • 45.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Vladimír Franz ranks 1,292 out of 1,451. Before him are Harald Kloser, William Sterndale Bennett, Rauf Hajiyev, John Kander, Näcip Cihanov, and Walter Susskind. After him are Georg Friedrich Haas, Sigmund Romberg, Thomas Tomkins, Spike Jones, Cachao, and Cemal Reşit Rey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Vladimír Franz ranks 358. Before him are Milcho Manchevski, Adriana Ozores, Luis Pérez-Sala, Alessandro Barbero, Zabou Breitman, and Rick Carlisle. After him are Francisco Flores Pérez, Hiroyuki Sakashita, Bronson Pinchot, Pedro Pierluisi, Khadja Nin, and Satoshi Miyauchi.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Vladimír Franz ranks 717 out of 1,200. Before him are Jan Mrvík (1939), Břetislav Dolejší (1928), Iveta Bartošová (1966), František Douda (1908), Věra Suková (1931), and Walter Susskind (1913). After him are Marek Heinz (1977), Václav Horák (1912), Bohumil Němeček (1938), František Štambachr (1953), Eduard Bass (1888), and Radek Štěpánek (1978).

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Among COMPOSERS In Czechia

Among composers born in Czechia, Vladimír Franz ranks 60. Before him are František Škroup (1801), Rudolf Friml (1879), Vilém Blodek (1834), Wenzel Müller (1767), Karel Husa (1921), and Walter Susskind (1913).

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