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Engelbert Humperdinck

1854 - 1921

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Engelbert Humperdinck (German: [ˈɛŋl̩bɛʁt ˈhʊmpɐdɪŋk]; 1 September 1854 – 27 September 1921) was a German composer. He is known widely for his opera Hansel and Gretel (1893). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Engelbert Humperdinck is the 238th most popular composer (up from 268th in 2019), the 882nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,064th in 2019) and the 34th most popular German Composer.

Engelbert Humperdinck is most famous for his 1968 single "Release Me" which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Engelbert Humperdinck ranks 238 out of 1,451. Before him are Jacob Clemens non Papa, Scott Joplin, Ernst von Dohnányi, Carl Reinecke, Angelo Badalamenti, and Albert Roussel. After him are Mykola Leontovych, Marcel Dupré, Giacomo Carissimi, Otto Nicolai, Pietro Locatelli, and Alessandro Marcello.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, Engelbert Humperdinck ranks 16. Before him are Emil von Behring, Karl Kautsky, James George Frazer, George Eastman, Milan I of Serbia, and Johannes Rydberg. After him are Hertha Ayrton, Paul von Rennenkampf, Salomon August Andrée, Albert Edelfelt, Moritz Moszkowski, and Paul Natorp. Among people deceased in 1921, Engelbert Humperdinck ranks 21. Before him are `Abdu'l-Bahá, John Boyd Dunlop, Antoni Grabowski, Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, Henrietta Swan Leavitt, and Alexander Blok. After him are Mykola Leontovych, Eugen Dühring, Matthias Erzberger, William II of Württemberg, Ignác Goldziher, and Julius Richard Petri.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Engelbert Humperdinck ranks 882 out of 7,253. Before him are Henry II, Duke of Austria (1107), Thietmar of Merseburg (975), Saloninus (242), William IV, Duke of Bavaria (1493), Margot Frank (1926), and Carl Reinecke (1824). After him are Birutė Galdikas (1946), Walther Wenck (1900), Alfred Hugenberg (1865), Fritz Perls (1893), Johann Christoph Adelung (1732), and William Stern (1871).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Engelbert Humperdinck ranks 34. Before him are Louis Spohr (1784), Johann Adolph Hasse (1699), Michael Praetorius (1571), Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645), Johann Joachim Quantz (1697), and Carl Reinecke (1824). After him are Carl Friedrich Abel (1723), Carl Stamitz (1745), Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria (1724), Johann Christoph Bach (1671), Johann Christoph Bach (1642), and Friedrich Kuhlau (1786).

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