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Franz von Suppé

1819 - 1895

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Franz von Suppé, born Francesco Ezechiele Ermenegildo de Suppé (18 April 1819 – 21 May 1895) was an Austrian composer of light operas and other theatre music. He came from the Kingdom of Dalmatia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now part of Croatia). A composer and conductor of the Romantic period, he is notable for his four dozen operettas, including the first operetta to a German libretto. Some of them remain in the repertory, particularly in German-speaking countries, and he composed a substantial quantity of church music, but he is now chiefly known for his overtures, which remain popular in the concert hall and on record. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franz von Suppé is the 139th most popular composer (up from 212th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Croatia (up from 34th in 2019) and the most popular Croatian Composer.

Franz von Suppé is most famous for being a composer of operettas. He was born in 1819 and died in 1895.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Franz von Suppé ranks 139 out of 1,451. Before him are Giovanni Gabrieli, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Daniel Auber, Fanny Mendelssohn, Édouard Lalo, and John Field. After him are Sofia Gubaidulina, Pérotin, Giovanni Paisiello, Nicola Porpora, André Grétry, and Johannes Ockeghem.

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Among people born in 1819, Franz von Suppé ranks 15. Before him are Herman Melville, Báb, Hippolyte Fizeau, Maria II of Portugal, John Couch Adams, and John Ruskin. After him are George Eliot, Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Annibale de Gasparis, Stanisław Moniuszko, George V of Hanover, and William T. G. Morton. Among people deceased in 1895, Franz von Suppé ranks 8. Before him are Friedrich Engels, Alexandre Dumas fils, Berthe Morisot, Thomas Henry Huxley, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, and José Martí. After him are Empress Myeongseong, Isma'il Pasha, Julius Lothar Meyer, Adam Opel, Julia, Princess of Battenberg, and Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Franz von Suppé ranks 15 out of 700. Before him are János Kádár (1912), Roger Joseph Boscovich (1711), Pope John IV (600), Pope Caius (250), Saint Marinus (275), and Laura Antonelli (1941). After him are Joanna II of Naples (1373), Frano Selak (1929), Andrija Mohorovičić (1857), Luka Modrić (1985), Aloysius Stepinac (1898), and Crispus (305).

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Among COMPOSERS In Croatia

Among composers born in Croatia, Franz von Suppé ranks 1. After him are Luigi Dallapiccola (1904), Ivan Zajc (1832), Jakov Gotovac (1895), Josip Runjanin (1821), Vatroslav Lisinski (1819), and Krešimir Baranović (1894).

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