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Friedrich Kalkbrenner

1784 - 1849

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Friedrich Wilhelm Michael Kalkbrenner (7 November 1785 – 10 June 1849), also known as Frédéric Kalkbrenner, was a pianist, composer, piano teacher and piano manufacturer. German by birth, Kalkbrenner studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, starting at a young age and eventually settled in Paris, where he lived until his death in 1849. Kalkbrenner composed more than 200 piano works, as well as many piano concertos and operas. When Frédéric Chopin came to Paris, Kalkbrenner suggested that Chopin could benefit by studying in one of Kalkbrenner's schools. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Kalkbrenner is the 338th most popular musician (down from 310th in 2019), the 1,503rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,484th in 2019) and the 12th most popular German Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Friedrich Kalkbrenner ranks 338 out of 3,175. Before him are Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Joe Zawinul, Fats Domino, Friedrich Gulda, and André Previn. After him are Sérgio Mendes, Ian Stewart, Gustavo Santaolalla, Leonid Kogan, Janick Gers, and Kirk Hammett.

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Among people born in 1784, Friedrich Kalkbrenner ranks 18. Before him are Rafael del Riego, Leigh Hunt, Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel, Leo von Klenze, François Rude, and Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily. After him are Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest, Peter von Cornelius, Duchess Charlotte Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Dionisio Aguado y García, and Ferdinand Ries. Among people deceased in 1849, Friedrich Kalkbrenner ranks 25. Before him are Juliette Récamier, Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, William Miller, Juliusz Słowacki, Lajos Batthyány, and Stephan Endlicher. After him are Dionisio Aguado y García, Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia, Maria Cristina of Naples and Sicily, Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia, Thomas Robert Bugeaud, and Conradin Kreutzer.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Kalkbrenner ranks 1,503 out of 7,253. Before him are Carl Ludwig (1816), Christian Friedrich Schönbein (1799), Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis (1860), Albert III, Duke of Bavaria (1401), Walter Dornberger (1895), and Thomas Tuchel (1973). After him are Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748), Eduard Heine (1821), Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld (1921), Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1781), Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen (1671), and Ernst von Weizsäcker (1882).

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Among MUSICIANS In Germany

Among musicians born in Germany, Friedrich Kalkbrenner ranks 12. Before him are Rudolf Schenker (1948), Carlos Kleiber (1930), James Last (1929), Wilhelm Kempff (1895), Klaus Nomi (1944), and André Previn (1929). After him are Florian Schneider (1947), Michael Schenker (1955), Richard Z. Kruspe (1967), Tré Cool (1972), Wilhelm Backhaus (1884), and Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller (1806).

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