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Friedrich Kiel

1821 - 1885

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Friedrich Kiel (8 October 1821 – 13 September 1885) was a German composer and music educator. Writing of the chamber music of Friedrich Kiel, the scholar and critic Wilhelm Altmann notes that it was Kiel’s extreme modesty which kept him and his exceptional works from receiving the consideration they deserved. After mentioning Johannes Brahms and others, Altmann writes, "He produced a number of chamber works, which . . . need fear no comparison". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Kiel is the 1,017th most popular composer (down from 859th in 2019). (down from 2,678th in 2019)

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Among composers, Friedrich Kiel ranks 1,017 out of 1,451. Before him are Vagn Holmboe, Erkki Aaltonen, Mikael Tariverdiev, Knut Nystedt, Jean Mouton, and Jāzeps Vītols. After him are Kenji Kawai, Cristóbal Halffter, Sándor Végh, Alberto Franchetti, Gustav Lange, and Edvard Mirzoyan.

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Among people born in 1821, Friedrich Kiel ranks 77. Before him are Nils Johan Andersson, Antonio Ciseri, Nikolai Zaremba, Apollon Maykov, Archduke Friedrich of Austria, and Janko Matúška. After him are Heinrich Moritz Willkomm, Henri Alexis Brialmont, Michel Carré, Amalie Dietrich, Samuel Baker, and Charles of Mount Argus. Among people deceased in 1885, Friedrich Kiel ranks 57. Before him are Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Georg Curtius, Prince Adolf of Auersperg, Rosa Vercellana, Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, and Prince August of Württemberg. After him are Bharatendu Harishchandra, André Gill, William Thoms, Justo Rufino Barrios, Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, and Joseph-Alfred Serret.

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