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Arthur Sullivan

1842 - 1900

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Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan (13 May 1842 – 22 November 1900) was an English composer. He is best known for 14 operatic collaborations with the dramatist W. S. Gilbert, including H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado. His works include 24 operas, 11 major orchestral works, ten choral works and oratorios, two ballets, incidental music to several plays, and numerous church pieces, songs, and piano and chamber pieces. His hymns and songs include "Onward, Christian Soldiers" and "The Lost Chord". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Sullivan is the 641st most popular composer (up from 733rd in 2019), the 2,049th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,062nd in 2019) and the 29th most popular British Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Arthur Sullivan ranks 641 out of 1,451. Before him are Johan Helmich Roman, Wolfgang Schmieder, John Taverner, Georgy Sviridov, Pierre Henry, and Malcolm Arnold. After him are Johann Friedrich Agricola, Antoine Forqueray, Hermann Levi, Veljo Tormis, Oskar Nedbal, and Ludwig Thuille.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1842, Arthur Sullivan ranks 54. Before him are Catherine Eddowes, Maria Konopnicka, Maurice Rouvier, Mary Putnam Jacobi, Carl Zeller, and Ernest, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld. After him are José-Maria de Heredia, Erik Gustaf Boström, Emil Christian Hansen, Eloy Alfaro, Carl Millöcker, and Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ. Among people deceased in 1900, Arthur Sullivan ranks 42. Before him are Birsa Munda, Henry Sidgwick, Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, Peter Waage, and Duchess Alexandra of Oldenburg. After him are Hermann Levi, Elwin Bruno Christoffel, Carl Lange, Wilhelm Leibl, Gustav Hartlaub, and David Edward Hughes.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Arthur Sullivan ranks 2,049 out of 8,785. Before him are Sam Heughan (1980), Edmund Gunter (1581), John Sykes (1959), Malcolm Arnold (1921), Sidney Paget (1860), and Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (1890). After him are Alan Smith (1980), Jared Harris (1961), John Morton (1420), Noël Coward (1899), Black (1962), and Frances de la Tour (1944).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Arthur Sullivan ranks 29. Before him are Albert Ketèlbey (1875), William Boyce (1711), Pasquale Anfossi (1727), John Bull (1562), John Taverner (1490), and Malcolm Arnold (1921). After him are Jeremiah Clarke (1674), John Stanley (1712), Thomas Morley (1557), Stanley Myers (1930), Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892), and York Bowen (1884).

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