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Adolf Wiklund

1879 - 1950

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Adolf Wiklund (5 June 1879 – 2 April 1950) was a Swedish composer and conductor. He was born in Långserud, Värmland, and his father was an organist. After graduating from the Royal College of Music, Stockholm as an organist and music teacher, Wiklund was awarded scholarships to study piano in Sweden and then in Paris. His debut as a piano soloist came in 1902 playing his own Konsertstycke in C major, Op 1. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adolf Wiklund is the 680th most popular composer (up from 1,040th in 2019). (up from 3,427th in 2019)

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Among composers, Adolf Wiklund ranks 680 out of 1,451. Before him are Andrea Falconieri, Jacob van Eyck, Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Francesco Canova da Milano, Claude Balbastre, and Hans Rott. After him are Francisco Guerrero, Joseph Hellmesberger Jr., Jeremiah Clarke, Oskar Merikanto, Giovanni Battista Vitali, and Toshi Ichiyanagi.

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Among people born in 1879, Adolf Wiklund ranks 97. Before him are Sándor Garbai, Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia, Gorazd, Jacob Gade, Vanessa Bell, and Edwin Montagu. After him are Carlos Chagas, Patrick Pearse, Oskar Barnack, Clyde Cessna, Osman Aqçoqraqlı, and Bernhard Kellermann. Among people deceased in 1950, Adolf Wiklund ranks 82. Before him are Alma Karlin, Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Lev Berg, Shigenori Tōgō, Sami al-Hinnawi, and Kurt Schmitt. After him are Gustaf John Ramstedt, Traian Vuia, Nikolai Luzin, Yi Kwang-su, Aliya bint Ali, and Ulrich Graf.

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