1901 - 1990
Wolfgang Schmieder (May 29, 1901 – November 8, 1990) was a German music librarian and musicologist. Schmieder was born in Bromberg (now Bydgoszcz, Poland). In 1950, he published the BWV, or Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis ("Bach Works Catalogue"), a catalog of musical works by Johann Sebastian Bach. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wolfgang Schmieder has received more than 40,207 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Wolfgang Schmieder is the 656th most popular composer (down from 536th in 2019), the 525th most popular biography from Poland (down from 439th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Polish Composer.
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Among composers, Wolfgang Schmieder ranks 656 out of 1,216. Before him are Shunsuke Kikuchi, Riccardo Zandonai, Matthias Weckmann, Agustín Lara, Francisco Guerrero, and Gaetano Pugnani. After him are Joseph Leopold Eybler, Antônio Carlos Gomes, Ludwig Senfl, Louis Andriessen, Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, and Bartolomeo Tromboncino.
1931 - 2021
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 650
1883 - 1944
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 651
1619 - 1674
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 652
1897 - 1970
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 653
1528 - 1599
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 654
1731 - 1798
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 655
1901 - 1990
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 656
1765 - 1846
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 657
1836 - 1896
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 658
1486 - 1542
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 659
1939 - 2021
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 660
1711 - 1772
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 661
1470 - 1535
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 662
Among people born in 1901, Wolfgang Schmieder ranks 118. Before him are Ed Sullivan, Manuel Urrutia Lleó, Joachim Ernst, Duke of Anhalt, Claude Autant-Lara, Ludolf von Alvensleben, and Princess Yolanda of Savoy. After him are Raúl Prebisch, Hermann Priess, Jean Guitton, Vladimir Sofronitsky, Lee Hoi-chuen, and Ismail al-Azhari. Among people deceased in 1990, Wolfgang Schmieder ranks 94. Before him are Eduard Streltsov, Ronald Evans, Paul Tortelier, Horst Sindermann, Stefano Casiraghi, and Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit. After him are George de Mestral, Naoto Tajima, Martin Ritt, Del Shannon, Irene Dunne, and Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow.
1901 - 1974
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 112
1901 - 1981
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 113
1901 - 1947
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 114
1901 - 2000
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 115
1901 - 1970
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 116
1901 - 1986
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 117
1901 - 1990
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 118
1901 - 1986
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 119
1901 - 1985
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 120
1901 - 1999
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 121
1901 - 1961
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 122
1901 - 1965
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 123
1901 - 1969
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 124
1937 - 1990
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 88
1933 - 1990
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 89
1914 - 1990
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 90
1915 - 1990
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 91
1960 - 1990
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 92
1900 - 1990
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 93
1901 - 1990
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 94
1907 - 1990
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 95
1912 - 1990
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 96
1914 - 1990
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 97
1934 - 1990
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 98
1898 - 1990
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 99
1910 - 1990
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 100
Among people born in Poland, Wolfgang Schmieder ranks 525 out of 1,454. Before him are Bolesław II the Horned (1217), Zbigniew of Poland (1070), Aleksander Krupa (1947), Beata Szydło (1963), Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia (1943), and Joachim Meisner (1933). After him are Maryla Rodowicz (1945), Julian Fontana (1810), Emil Leon Post (1897), Józef Brandt (1841), Tadeusz Różewicz (1921), and Uri Orlev (1931).
1217 - 1278
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 519
1070 - 1112
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 520
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 521
1963 - Present
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 522
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 523
1933 - 2017
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 524
1901 - 1990
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 525
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 526
1810 - 1869
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 527
1897 - 1954
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 528
1841 - 1915
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 529
1921 - 2014
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 530
1931 - 2022
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 531
Among composers born in Poland, Wolfgang Schmieder ranks 19. Before him are Grażyna Bacewicz (1909), Alexandre Tansman (1897), Zbigniew Preisner (1955), Johann Adam Hiller (1728), Franz Waxman (1906), and Johann Gottlieb Goldberg (1727). After him are Krzysztof Komeda (1931), Josef Tal (1910), Karol Lipiński (1790), Johann Schobert (1720), Andrzej Panufnik (1914), and Carl Schuricht (1880).
1909 - 1969
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 13
1897 - 1986
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 14
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 15
1728 - 1804
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 16
1906 - 1967
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 17
1727 - 1756
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 18
1901 - 1990
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 19
1931 - 1969
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 20
1910 - 2008
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 21
1790 - 1861
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 22
1720 - 1767
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 23
1914 - 1991
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 24
1880 - 1967
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 25