COMPOSER

Wolfgang Rihm

1952 - 2024

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Wolfgang Rihm (German: [ˈvɔlfɡaŋ ˈʁiːm] ; 13 March 1952 – 27 July 2024) was a German composer of contemporary classical music and an academic teacher based in Karlsruhe. He was an influential post-war European composer, as "one of the most original and independent musical voices" there, composing over 500 works including several operas. The premiere of Rihm's Morphonie for orchestra at the 1974 Donaueschingen Festival won him international recognition. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wolfgang Rihm has received more than 214,224 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Wolfgang Rihm is the 1,032nd most popular composer (down from 996th in 2019), the 4,067th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,581st in 2019) and the 154th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Wolfgang Rihm ranks 1,032 out of 1,451. Before him are Robert Gerhard, Vasily Safonov, Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, Daniel Gottlob Türk, Kevin MacLeod, and Christopher Hogwood. After him are Yasushi Akutagawa, Gioseffo Guami, Camargo Guarnieri, Roman Vlad, Siegmund von Hausegger, and Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Wolfgang Rihm ranks 286. Before him are Kurban Berdyev, Daniel Balavoine, Dumitru Prunariu, Miyuki Nakajima, Cristóbal López Romero, and Wan Azizah Wan Ismail. After him are Morgan Tsvangirai, Abel Braga, Atsuyoshi Furuta, Gregory David Roberts, Erick Avari, and Muhtar Kent. Among people deceased in 2024, Wolfgang Rihm ranks 229. Before him are Michael Verhoeven, Mísia, Albert S. Ruddy, Janusz Majewski, David Sanborn, and Willie Mays. After him are John Ashton, Paul Josef Cordes, Pete Rose, Rachid Mekhloufi, Daniela Hodrová, and Olga Fikotová.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wolfgang Rihm ranks 4,067 out of 7,253. Before him are Herbert Wehner (1906), Thomas Schaaf (1961), Benjamin List (1968), Max Dessoir (1867), James Krüss (1926), and Duchess Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg (1613). After him are Carl Chun (1852), Joachim Hansen (1930), George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1688), Paul von Hintze (1864), Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1670), and Jutta Rüdiger (1910).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Wolfgang Rihm ranks 154. Before him are Friedrich Gernsheim (1839), Johann Theile (1646), Gottfried August Homilius (1714), Emil von Sauer (1862), Julius Reubke (1834), and Daniel Gottlob Türk (1750). After him are Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse (1774), Otto Jahn (1813), Gustav Lange (1830), Hugo Distler (1908), Frederick Loewe (1901), and Jean Gilbert (1879).

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