MUSICIAN

Émile Waldteufel

1837 - 1915

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Charles Émile Waldteufel (French pronunciation: [valtøfɛl]; German: [ˈvalt.tɔɪ̯fl̩]; 9 December 1837 – 12 February 1915) was a French pianist, conductor and composer known for his numerous popular salon pieces. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Émile Waldteufel has received more than 182,581 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Émile Waldteufel is the 242nd most popular musician (up from 275th in 2019), the 1,320th most popular biography from France (up from 1,486th in 2019) and the 11th most popular French Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Émile Waldteufel ranks 242 out of 3,175Before him are Luigi Tenco, Isaac Stern, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Stéphane Grappelli, Khaled, and Dave Mustaine. After him are Ludacris, Lalo Schifrin, John Zorn, Mick Taylor, Don Cherry, and Dinu Lipatti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Émile Waldteufel ranks 24Before him are John Newlands, Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, Georges Ernest Boulanger, Ilia Chavchavadze, Queen Cheorin, and Rosalía de Castro. After him are Francis, Duke of Teck, Empress Dowager Ci'an, Vasily Radlov, Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Édouard Stephan, and Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione. Among people deceased in 1915, Émile Waldteufel ranks 15Before him are Sergei Witte, Clara Immerwahr, Leo Frank, Wilhelm Windelband, Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia, and Michel Bréal. After him are Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Armand Peugeot, Saitō Hajime, James Murray, Sergei Taneyev, and Anton von Werner.

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In France

Among people born in France, Émile Waldteufel ranks 1,320 out of 6,770Before him are Chevalier d'Éon (1728), Stéphane Grappelli (1908), Vivant Denon (1747), Comtessa de Dia (1175), Antoine Griezmann (1991), and Anne Parillaud (1960). After him are Étienne François, duc de Choiseul (1719), Maine de Biran (1766), Carausius (300), Constance of Arles (974), Louis, Count of Vendôme (1376), and Kylian Mbappé (1998).

Among MUSICIANS In France

Among musicians born in France, Émile Waldteufel ranks 11Before him are Nadia Boulanger (1887), Thomas Bangalter (1), Arnaut Daniel (1150), Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813), Jean-Marie Leclair (1697), and Stéphane Grappelli (1908). After him are Georges Prêtre (1924), Louis Vierne (1870), Jacques Dutronc (1943), Jean-Pierre Rampal (1922), Maurice André (1933), and Michel Polnareff (1944).