COMPOSER

Franz Lehár

1870 - 1948

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Franz Lehár ( LAY-har; Hungarian: Lehár Ferenc [ˈlɛhaːr ˈfɛrɛnt͡s]; 30 April 1870 – 24 October 1948) was an Austro-Hungarian composer. He is mainly known for his operettas, of which the most successful and best known is The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franz Lehár is the 76th most popular composer (down from 74th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Hungary (up from 24th in 2019) and the most popular Hungarian Composer.

Franz Lehár is most famous for his operettas, which include The Merry Widow and The Land of Smiles.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Franz Lehár ranks 76 out of 1,451. Before him are Alessandro Scarlatti, Alexander Borodin, François Couperin, George Gershwin, Johann Christian Bach, and Alexander Scriabin. After him are Jules Massenet, Hans Zimmer, César Franck, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Josquin des Prez, and Alban Berg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Franz Lehár ranks 6. Before him are Vladimir Lenin, Maria Montessori, Alfred Adler, Christian X of Denmark, and Sophia of Prussia. After him are Jules Bordet, Jean Baptiste Perrin, Adolf Loos, Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, and Ivan Bunin. Among people deceased in 1948, Franz Lehár ranks 9. Before him are Edgar de Wahl, Sergei Eisenstein, D. W. Griffith, Hideki Tojo, Mileva Marić, and Edvard Beneš. After him are Osamu Dazai, Edith Roosevelt, Walther von Brauchitsch, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Antonin Artaud, and Andrei Zhdanov.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Franz Lehár ranks 22 out of 1,077. Before him are Louis I of Hungary (1326), Leo Szilard (1898), Imre Kertész (1929), Imre Nagy (1896), Edward Teller (1908), and Árpád (845). After him are John Zápolya (1487), Robert Capa (1913), Edgar Ætheling (1051), Jadwiga of Poland (1374), Anne of Bohemia and Hungary (1503), and Ilona Staller (1951).

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Among COMPOSERS In Hungary

Among composers born in Hungary, Franz Lehár ranks 1. After him are Zoltán Kodály (1882), Emmerich Kálmán (1882), Miklós Rózsa (1907), Princess Maria Antonia Koháry (1797), Hans Richter (1843), Karl Goldmark (1830), Ferenc Erkel (1810), Joseph Kosma (1905), Hans Swarowsky (1899), Joseph Szigeti (1892), and Dora Pejačević (1885).

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