COMPOSER

Zdeněk Fibich

1850 - 1900

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Zdeněk Fibich (Czech pronunciation: [ˈzdɛɲɛk ˈfɪbɪx], 21 December 1850 in Všebořice – 15 October 1900 in Prague) was a Czech composer of classical music. Among his compositions are chamber works (including two string quartets, a piano trio, piano quartet and a quintet for piano, strings and winds), symphonic poems, three symphonies, at least seven operas (the most famous probably Šárka and The Bride of Messina), melodramas including the substantial trilogy Hippodamia, liturgical music including a mass – a missa brevis; and a large cycle (a total of 376 pieces, from the 1890s) of piano works called Moods, Impressions, and Reminiscences. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zdeněk Fibich has received more than 113,130 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Zdeněk Fibich is the 475th most popular composer (down from 384th in 2019), the 224th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 173rd in 2019) and the 20th most popular Czech Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Zdeněk Fibich ranks 475 out of 1,451. Before him are Théodore Dubois, Johann Christoph Pepusch, Eugen Doga, Albert Lortzing, Louis-Nicolas Clérambault, and Maurice Duruflé. After him are Terry Riley, Remo Giazotto, Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach, Johann Kirnberger, Oscar Straus, and Igor Markevitch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, Zdeněk Fibich ranks 36. Before him are Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud, Pat Garrett, Jack Daniel, Ebenezer Howard, Pavel Axelrod, and Giuseppe Mercalli. After him are Marcelo H. del Pilar, Hans Hartwig von Beseler, Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich of Russia, Alexander von Linsingen, John Collier, and David Schwarz. Among people deceased in 1900, Zdeněk Fibich ranks 33. Before him are Armand David, Samori Ture, Princess Josephine of Baden, Joseph Bertrand, Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and Duchess Alexandra of Oldenburg. After him are Stephen Crane, Vasily Kalinnikov, Mihály Munkácsy, Pyotr Lavrov, Henry Sidgwick, and Hermann Levi.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Zdeněk Fibich ranks 224 out of 1,200. Before him are Vítězslav Novák (1870), Zdeněk Zeman (1947), Vladimír Menšík (1929), Princess Michael of Kent (1945), Silvia Saint (1976), and Joseph Škoda (1805). After him are Jan Kubelík (1880), John Henry, Margrave of Moravia (1322), Karel Svoboda (1938), Bretislav II (1100), Conrad I, Duke of Bohemia (1035), and Martin of Opava (1300).

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Among COMPOSERS In Czechia

Among composers born in Czechia, Zdeněk Fibich ranks 20. Before him are Julius Fučík (1872), Georg Benda (1722), Ignaz Moscheles (1794), Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760), Johann Baptist Wanhal (1739), and Vítězslav Novák (1870). After him are Karel Svoboda (1938), Erwin Schulhoff (1894), Pavel Haas (1899), Leopold Koželuch (1747), Franz Xaver Richter (1709), and Alois Hába (1893).

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