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Eduard Künneke

1885 - 1953

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Eduard Künneke (also seen as Edward and spelled Künnecke) (27 January 1885 – 27 October 1953 in Berlin) was a German composer notable for his operettas, operas, theatre music and some orchestral works. Kuenneke was born in Emmerich, Lower Rhine. After obtaining his school diploma he moved in 1903 to Berlin where he studied musicology and the history of literature; he translated Beowulf into German. He was subsequently accepted into Max Bruch's master-school for musical composition attached to the Royal Academy of Arts. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eduard Künneke is the 1,066th most popular composer (down from 228th in 2019), the 4,206th most popular biography from Germany (down from 896th in 2019) and the 155th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Eduard Künneke ranks 1,066 out of 1,451. Before him are Jan A. P. Kaczmarek, James MacMillan, Alexander Serov, Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, Gustav Ernesaks, and Heinrich Schenker. After him are Lorenzo Perosi, Nikolai Roslavets, Dave Stewart, Krešimir Baranović, Lars-Erik Larsson, and Christoph Demantius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Eduard Künneke ranks 173. Before him are Blas Infante, Romà Forns, Pierre Montet, Robert Liottel, Edna Ferber, and Anna Louise Strong. After him are Kazimierz Sosnkowski, István Somodi, Fernand de Montigny, Duncan Grant, Lajos Tihanyi, and Herman Sörgel. Among people deceased in 1953, Eduard Künneke ranks 120. Before him are Ugo Betti, Hrachia Acharian, Grzegorz Fitelberg, Oskar Luts, Florence R. Sabin, and Isaías Medina Angarita. After him are Alwin Mittasch, Carl Scarborough, David Curtiss Munson, Milovan Jakšić, Szilárd Bogdánffy, and Jean Becquerel.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Eduard Künneke ranks 4,208 out of 7,253. Before him are Hartmut Briesenick (1949), Prince Aribert of Anhalt (1866), Saskia Esken (1961), Princess Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg (1864), Jan Boeckhorst (1604), and Horst Frank (1929). After him are Amalie Dietrich (1821), Leo Anton Karl de Ball (1853), Helma Sanders-Brahms (1940), Ellen Braumüller (1910), Friedrich Dickel (1913), and Gustav Mie (1868).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Eduard Künneke ranks 155. Before him are Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg (1718), Gustav Lange (1830), Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse (1774), Johann Adolf Scheibe (1708), Johann Theile (1646), and Frederick Loewe (1901). After him are Hugo Distler (1908), Johann Nicolaus Bach (1669), Karl Klindworth (1830), Walter Braunfels (1882), Boris Papandopulo (1906), and Gottfried August Homilius (1714).

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