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Edgar Froese

1944 - 2015

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Edgar Willmar Froese (German: [ˈɛtɡaʁ ˈfʁøːzə]; 6 June 1944 – 20 January 2015) was a German musical artist and electronic music pioneer, best known for founding the electronic music group Tangerine Dream in 1967. Froese was the only continuous member of the group until his death. His solo and group recordings prior to 2003 name him as "Edgar Froese", and his later solo albums bear the name "Edgar W. Froese". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edgar Froese is the 629th most popular musician (down from 606th in 2019), the 855th most popular biography from Russia (up from 905th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Russian Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Edgar Froese ranks 629 out of 3,175. Before him are Laurie Anderson, Shinichi Suzuki, Carl Flesch, Henri Herz, Benny Golson, and Duane Allman. After him are Ian Hill, Dido, Alan Wilder, Jason Newsted, John Frusciante, and Tony Sheridan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Edgar Froese ranks 265. Before him are Frances de la Tour, Abdulah Sidran, Lena Nyman, Mitchell Feigenbaum, Kelly Bishop, and Francisco Sagasti. After him are Han Myeong-sook, Tom Okker, Takeshi Ono, Abdul Fatah Younis, Ene Ergma, and Rocío Dúrcal. Among people deceased in 2015, Edgar Froese ranks 128. Before him are Esther Brand, Roger Hanin, William Wakefield Baum, Hyon Yong-chol, Carl Djerassi, and Guy Ligier. After him are Chea Sim, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Aleksei Gubarev, Aruna Shanbaug case, Doris Hart, and Kirk Kerkorian.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Edgar Froese ranks 855 out of 3,761. Before him are Franz Moritz von Lacy (1725), Ivan Yefremov (1908), Boris Shakhlin (1932), Sergey Aksakov (1791), Vasily Petrov (1917), and Konstantin Melnikov (1890). After him are Georgy Shpagin (1897), Aleksei Gubarev (1931), Gennadiy Aygi (1934), Vladimir Kokovtsov (1853), Oleg Tabakov (1935), and Maxim Shostakovich (1938).

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Among MUSICIANS In Russia

Among musicians born in Russia, Edgar Froese ranks 8. Before him are Vladimir Ashkenazy (1937), Nikolai Rubinstein (1835), Grigory Sokolov (1950), Valery Gergiev (1953), Mikhail Pletnev (1957), and Vladimir Sofronitsky (1901). After him are Maxim Shostakovich (1938), Maria Yudina (1899), Rudolf Barshai (1924), Lev Oborin (1907), Nikolai Zverev (1832), and Evgeny Kissin (1971).

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