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Federico Chueca

1846 - 1908

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Pío Estanislao Federico Chueca y Robres (5 May 1846 – 20 June 1908) was a Spanish composer of zarzuelas and author of La gran vía along with Joaquín Valverde Durán in 1886. He was one of the most prominent figures of the género chico. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Federico Chueca is the 1,274th most popular composer (up from 1,278th in 2019), the 1,755th most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,767th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Spanish Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Federico Chueca ranks 1,274 out of 1,451Before him are Peter Warlock, Vladimir Martynov, Florence Price, Vincent Youmans, Klaus Egge, and Pauline Oliveros. After him are Alexandre Levy, Conlon Nancarrow, Mikhail Gnessin, Erkki-Sven Tüür, Toshio Hosokawa, and Maurice Greene.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1846, Federico Chueca ranks 108Before him are Eugen Baumann, Marco Aurelio Soto, Nikolay Umov, Elizabeth Thompson, Benigno Ferreira, and William McGregor. After him are Max Fürbringer, Björn Jónsson, Raimundo Andueza Palacio, Randolph Caldecott, Maksymilian Gierymski, and Ira Remsen. Among people deceased in 1908, Federico Chueca ranks 98Before him are Henry Clifton Sorby, Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević, Marco Aurelio Soto, Charles Augustus Young, José Manuel Marroquín, and Carl Koldewey. After him are Ignacio de Veintemilla, Joel Chandler Harris, Ludwig Carl Christian Koch, American Horse, Redvers Buller, and Harriet Hosmer.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Federico Chueca ranks 1,755 out of 3,355Before him are Félix Sánchez Bas (1975), Ramón Piñeiro López (1915), Jaume Balagueró (1968), José Guardiola (1930), Elvira Lindo (1962), and Francisco Aguilar (1949). After him are Oleguer Presas (1980), María Teresa Fernández de la Vega (1949), José Luis Cuerda (1947), Emma Suárez (1964), Raimundo Fernández-Villaverde (1848), and Jesús Loroño (1926).

Among COMPOSERS In Spain

Among composers born in Spain, Federico Chueca ranks 34Before him are Luis de Pablo (1930), Cristóbal Halffter (1930), Ruperto Chapí (1851), Francisco Asenjo Barbieri (1823), Emilio Arrieta (1823), and Antón García Abril (1933). After him are Vicente Amigo (1967), and Javier Navarrete (1956).