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Wilhelm Kempff

1895 - 1991

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Wilhelm Walter Friedrich Kempff (25 November 1895 – 23 May 1991) was a German pianist, teacher and composer. Although his repertoire included Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt and Brahms, Kempff was particularly well known for his interpretations of the music of Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert, recording the complete sonatas of both composers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wilhelm Kempff has received more than 306,241 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Wilhelm Kempff is the 198th most popular musician (down from 178th in 2019), the 971st most popular biography from Germany (down from 848th in 2019) and the 10th most popular German Musician.

Wilhelm Kempff was a German pianist and composer. He is most famous for his interpretations of the works of Beethoven, Schubert, and Brahms.

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  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Wilhelm Kempff ranks 198 out of 3,175. Before him are Dr. Alban, Claudio Arrau, Paolo Conte, Gene Simmons, Joni Mitchell, and Abdel Halim Hafez. After him are Ike Turner, Willie Nelson, Kitarō, Amy Winehouse, Nikolai Rubinstein, and Stan Getz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Wilhelm Kempff ranks 62. Before him are Pavel Sukhoi, Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, Lázaro Cárdenas, Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski, Kurt Zeitzler, and Vasily Blokhin. After him are Richard Barthelmess, Clara Haskil, B. H. Liddell Hart, Friedrich Jeckeln, Marcel Pagnol, and Edna Purviance. Among people deceased in 1991, Wilhelm Kempff ranks 36. Before him are Gunnar Gren, Ragnar Granit, Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, Jean Tinguely, Martha Graham, and Claudio Arrau. After him are Stan Getz, Leo Fender, Don Siegel, Gino Colaussi, James Irwin, and Tom of Finland.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm Kempff ranks 971 out of 7,253. Before him are Ernst Heinrich Weber (1795), Albert III, Duke of Saxony (1443), Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann (1842), Philipp Otto Runge (1777), Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria (1724), and Conrad II of Italy (1074). After him are Johann Joachim Becher (1635), Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795), Alfred Weber (1868), Franz Ziereis (1905), Joseph Karl Stieler (1781), and Christoph Martin Wieland (1733).

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Among MUSICIANS In Germany

Among musicians born in Germany, Wilhelm Kempff ranks 10. Before him are Frank Farian (1941), Carlos Kleiber (1930), Hans von Bülow (1830), James Last (1929), Klaus Nomi (1944), and Rudolf Schenker (1948). After him are André Previn (1929), Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller (1806), Friedrich Kalkbrenner (1784), Richard Z. Kruspe (1967), Paul Landers (1964), and Florian Schneider (1947).

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