COMPOSER

Bernd Alois Zimmermann

1918 - 1970

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Bernd Alois Zimmermann (20 March 1918 – 10 August 1970) was a German composer. He is perhaps best known for his opera Die Soldaten, which is regarded as one of the most important German operas of the 20th century, after those of Berg. His eclectic music, which employs a wide range of techniques including dodecaphony and musical quotation, encompasses the styles of the avant-garde, serial, and postmodern. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bernd Alois Zimmermann is the 557th most popular composer (up from 563rd in 2019), the 2,185th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,222nd in 2019) and the 84th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Bernd Alois Zimmermann ranks 557 out of 1,451. Before him are Karel Svoboda, Johann Strauss III, Péter Eötvös, Giacinto Scelsi, Luigi Rossi, and Johann David Heinichen. After him are Franz Doppler, Conradin Kreutzer, Hermann Scherchen, Johann Gottlieb Naumann, Louise Farrenc, and Tomaso Antonio Vitali.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Bernd Alois Zimmermann ranks 98. Before him are Jean-Marie Loret, Ian Stevenson, Dora Ratjen, Gara Garayev, Antonín Mrkos, and Huber Matos. After him are Ben Johnson, William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, Henry Calvin, Abba Kovner, Lo Wei, and Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV. Among people deceased in 1970, Bernd Alois Zimmermann ranks 88. Before him are Richard Neutra, Erle Stanley Gardner, Michał Kalecki, Polina Zhemchuzhina, Théo Sarapo, and Eiji Tsuburaya. After him are Albert Lamorisse, Mikhail Mil, Franz Schlegelberger, Nikolay Shvernik, George Szell, and Benedetto Aloisi Masella.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Bernd Alois Zimmermann ranks 2,186 out of 7,253. Before him are Fritz Witt (1908), Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg (1673), Johann David Heinichen (1683), William, Duke of Brunswick (1806), Adolphus Frederick III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1686), and Heinrich von Brentano (1904). After him are Heinrich von Plauen (1370), Henrich Focke (1890), Joachim Neander (1650), Albert Bierstadt (1830), Hermann Burmeister (1807), and Hans Loritz (1895).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Bernd Alois Zimmermann ranks 84. Before him are Fredrik Pacius (1809), Johann Ludwig Bach (1677), Reinhard Keiser (1674), Friedrich Wieck (1785), Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach (1759), and Johann David Heinichen (1683). After him are Conradin Kreutzer (1780), Hermann Scherchen (1891), Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741), Max Richter (1966), Johann Nikolaus Forkel (1749), and Aloysia Weber (1760).

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