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Aribert Reimann

1936 - 2024

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Aribert Reimann (German: ['aʁiːbɛʁt 'ʁaɪman] , 4 March 1936 – 13 March 2024) was a German composer, pianist, and accompanist, known especially for his literary operas. His version of Shakespeare's King Lear, the opera Lear, was written at the suggestion of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, who performed the title role. His opera Medea after Grillparzer's play premiered in 2010 at the Vienna State Opera. He was a professor of contemporary Lied (art song) in Hamburg and Berlin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aribert Reimann is the 743rd most popular composer (up from 861st in 2019), the 2,972nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,410th in 2019) and the 113th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Aribert Reimann ranks 743 out of 1,451. Before him are Joseph Jongen, Sun Ra, Stephen Sondheim, Giacomo Antonio Perti, Edward MacDowell, and Ernest Gold. After him are Aristides Quintilianus, Michel Blavet, Domenico Gabrielli, Boris Asafyev, Carlos Chávez, and Franchinus Gaffurius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Aribert Reimann ranks 217. Before him are Reiner Klimke, Boniface Alexandre, Mary Tyler Moore, Hazem El Beblawi, Robert Langlands, and Ante Žanetić. After him are Vice Vukov, Karl Lehmann, Arend Lijphart, Ivonka Survilla, Leonid Kuravlyov, and Lucia Berlin. Among people deceased in 2024, Aribert Reimann ranks 198. Before him are Ecaterina Oancia, M. Emmet Walsh, Sergio Sebastiani, Vernor Vinge, Annelie Ehrhardt, and Dabney Coleman. After him are Josip Manolić, Rebecca Horn, Mahieddine Khalef, George Rhoden, Akira Endo, and Carl Andre.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Aribert Reimann ranks 2,974 out of 7,253. Before him are Sophie of Brandenburg (1568), Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg (1495), Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1700), Heinrich Rose (1795), Ernst Ludwig II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1709), and Elga Andersen (1935). After him are Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt (1573), Rosa Albach-Retty (1874), Adam Kraft (1450), Frieda Fromm-Reichmann (1889), Karl Mollweide (1774), and Rudolf Jakob Camerarius (1665).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Aribert Reimann ranks 113. Before him are Norbert Burgmüller (1810), Paul Ben-Haim (1897), Robert Volkmann (1815), Nannette Streicher (1769), Ferdinand David (1810), and Andreas Werckmeister (1645). After him are Matthias Weckmann (1619), Franz Lachner (1803), Johann Rosenmüller (1619), Johann Baptist Cramer (1771), Johann Melchior Molter (1696), and Wolfgang Rihm (1952).

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