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Egon Wellesz

1885 - 1974

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Egon Joseph Wellesz, CBE, FBA (21 October 1885 – 9 November 1974) was an Austrian, later British composer, teacher and musicologist, notable particularly in the field of Byzantine music. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Egon Wellesz is the 946th most popular composer (up from 985th in 2019), the 698th most popular biography from Austria (up from 722nd in 2019) and the 54th most popular Austrian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Egon Wellesz ranks 946 out of 1,451. Before him are Ignaz Schuppanzigh, Hubert Parry, André Cardinal Destouches, Felix Draeseke, Alexander Mosolov, and Tan Dun. After him are Richard Heuberger, Vilém Blodek, Arnold Bax, Sándor Veress, Giovanni Battista Bassani, and Alexander Goldenweiser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Egon Wellesz ranks 142. Before him are Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval, Juhan Kukk, Maria Nikiforova, Anna Hübler, John Curtin, and Paul Leni. After him are Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski, Boris Vilkitsky, Arturo Rawson, Allan Dwan, Ruben Sevak, and Abdurauf Fitrat. Among people deceased in 1974, Egon Wellesz ranks 138. Before him are Fritz Szepan, Elisabeth Abegg, Sattar Bahlulzade, Gösta Lilliehöök, Karl Hohmann, and José Miró Cardona. After him are Hertta Kuusinen, Kurt Hahn, Lev Knipper, Else Alfelt, Georgette Heyer, and Willem Marinus Dudok.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Egon Wellesz ranks 698 out of 1,424. Before him are Ignaz Schuppanzigh (1776), Alfred Berger (1894), Felix Lichnowsky (1814), Nathan Birnbaum (1864), Prince Franz de Paula of Liechtenstein (1802), and Michael Denis (1729). After him are Richard Heuberger (1850), Marko Arnautović (1989), Natascha Kampusch (1988), Franz Steindachner (1834), Ursula Ledóchowska (1865), and Benita Ferrero-Waldner (1948).

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Among COMPOSERS In Austria

Among composers born in Austria, Egon Wellesz ranks 54. Before him are Karl Michael Ziehrer (1843), Carl Millöcker (1842), Johann von Herbeck (1831), Friedrich Cerha (1926), Leopold Hofmann (1738), and Ignaz Schuppanzigh (1776). After him are Richard Heuberger (1850), Ernst Toch (1887), Ignaz Holzbauer (1711), Joseph Hellmesberger Sr. (1828), Siegmund von Hausegger (1872), and Hans Gál (1890).

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