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Fredrik Pacius

1809 - 1891

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Fredrik Pacius (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈfreːdrik ˈpɑːsius], Finland Swedish: [ˈfreːdrik ˈpɑːsiʉs] ); in German and in Estonian Friedrich Pacius; 19 March 1809 – 8 January 1891) was a German-Finnish composer and conductor who lived most of his life in Finland. He has been called the "Father of Finnish music". Pacius was born in Hamburg. He was appointed music teacher at the University of Helsinki in 1834. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fredrik Pacius is the 509th most popular composer (up from 523rd in 2019), the 2,023rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,055th in 2019) and the 78th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Fredrik Pacius ranks 509 out of 1,451. Before him are Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, George Antheil, Igor Markevitch, Robert Fuchs, Joseph Kosma, and Emilio de' Cavalieri. After him are Kaija Saariaho, Johann Ludwig Bach, Luis Bacalov, Bill Conti, Leroy Anderson, and Jean Françaix.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1809, Fredrik Pacius ranks 23. Before him are Ljudevit Gaj, Hermann Grassmann, Prince Albert of Prussia, Matsumura Sōkon, Bettino Ricasoli, and Samuel Ajayi Crowther. After him are Luigi Federico Menabrea, Juan Donoso Cortés, Joseph Jenkins Roberts, Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel, and Hannibal Hamlin. Among people deceased in 1891, Fredrik Pacius ranks 42. Before him are Louis Lucien Bonaparte, Théodore de Banville, Kalākaua, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Samuel Ajayi Crowther, and Princess Vilhelmine Marie of Denmark. After him are Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, Mihail Kogălniceanu, Joseph E. Johnston, Hannibal Hamlin, José Manuel Balmaceda, and Aleksander Chodźko.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Fredrik Pacius ranks 2,024 out of 7,253. Before him are Max Joseph von Pettenkofer (1818), Johann Homann (1664), Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797), Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg (1711), Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (1811), and Ernst Nolte (1923). After him are Jenny-Wanda Barkmann (1922), Johann Ludwig Bach (1677), Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1818), John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1584), Wilhelm Souchon (1864), and Hans F. K. Günther (1891).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Fredrik Pacius ranks 78. Before him are Heinrich Marschner (1795), Joseph Martin Kraus (1756), Friedrich von Flotow (1812), Johann Gottfried Walther (1684), Adolf von Henselt (1814), and Johann Crüger (1598). After him are Johann Ludwig Bach (1677), Reinhard Keiser (1674), Friedrich Wieck (1785), Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach (1759), Johann David Heinichen (1683), and Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918).

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