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Alfred Einstein

1880 - 1952

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Alfred Einstein (December 30, 1880 – February 13, 1952) was a German-American musicologist and music editor. He was born in Munich, and fled Nazi Germany after Hitler's Machtergreifung, arriving in the United States by 1939. He is best known for being the editor of the first major revision of the Köchel catalogue, which was published in 1936. The Köchel catalogue is the extensive catalogue of the works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred Einstein is the 457th most popular composer (down from 402nd in 2019), the 1,831st most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,631st in 2019) and the 71st most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Alfred Einstein ranks 457 out of 1,451. Before him are Pierre de la Rue, Bruno Maderna, Christoph Graupner, Simon Mayr, Ariel Ramírez, and Stefano Landi. After him are Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy, Heinrich Marschner, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Gabriel Pierné, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, and Pēteris Vasks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Alfred Einstein ranks 60. Before him are Alice Bailey, Nikolaj Velimirović, Jan Kubelík, Margherita Sarfatti, Grock, and Elias, Duke of Parma. After him are Hajime Sugiyama, Mikhail Tomsky, Ida Dalser, Mitsumasa Yonai, Yōsuke Matsuoka, and Abram Ioffe. Among people deceased in 1952, Alfred Einstein ranks 51. Before him are Louise d'Orléans, Viktor Chernov, Luigi Fagioli, Michael Rostovtzeff, Johan Nygaardsvold, and Emilie Louise Flöge. After him are John Langenus, Solomiya Krushelnytska, Michael von Faulhaber, Takenoshin Nakai, Otto Dietrich, and Carlo Sforza.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Alfred Einstein ranks 1,831 out of 7,253. Before him are Armin Meiwes (1961), Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel (1789), Carl Ludwig Blume (1796), Louis VI, Elector Palatine (1539), Christoph Graupner (1683), and Simon Mayr (1763). After him are Horst Seehofer (1949), Dieter Rams (1932), Heinrich Marschner (1795), Hans Langsdorff (1894), Joos van Cleve (1485), and Friedrich Ebert Jr. (1894).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Alfred Einstein ranks 71. Before him are Ferdinand Ries (1784), Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (1716), Hugo Riemann (1849), Carl Loewe (1796), Christoph Graupner (1683), and Simon Mayr (1763). After him are Heinrich Marschner (1795), Joseph Martin Kraus (1756), Friedrich von Flotow (1812), Johann Gottfried Walther (1684), Adolf von Henselt (1814), and Johann Crüger (1598).

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