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Friedrich Kuhlau

1786 - 1832

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Friedrich Daniel Rudolf Kuhlau, sometimes written as Frederick Kulav, (11 September 1786 – 12 March 1832) was a Danish pianist and composer during the late Classical and early Romantic periods. He was a central figure of the Danish Golden Age and is immortalized in Danish cultural history through his music for Elves' Hill, the first true work of Danish National Romanticism and a concealed tribute to the absolute monarchy. During his lifetime, Kuhlau was known primarily as a concert pianist and composer of Danish opera, but was responsible for introducing many of Beethoven's works, which he greatly admired, to Copenhagen audiences. Kuhlau was a prolific composer, as evidenced by the fact that although his house burned down, destroying all of his unpublished manuscripts, he still left a legacy of more than 200 published works in most genres. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Kuhlau is the 273rd most popular composer (up from 289th in 2019), the 1,045th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,175th in 2019) and the 40th most popular German Composer.

Friedrich Kuhlau is most famous for being a Danish composer who is considered to be one of the most important figures in the history of Danish music.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Friedrich Kuhlau ranks 273 out of 1,451. Before him are Andrea Luchesi, Saverio Mercadante, Turlough O'Carolan, Joseph Lanner, Howard Shore, and Johann Christoph Bach. After him are Steve Reich, Miklós Rózsa, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Henryk Górecki, Anton Reicha, and Uzeyir Hajibeyov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1786, Friedrich Kuhlau ranks 11. Before him are François Arago, Wilhelm Grimm, John Vianney, Marie Walewska, Michel Eugène Chevreul, and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. After him are Davy Crockett, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, Charles, Grand Duke of Baden, François-Édouard Picot, Guadalupe Victoria, and John Franklin. Among people deceased in 1832, Friedrich Kuhlau ranks 15. Before him are Rasmus Rask, Muzio Clementi, Jean-Baptiste Say, Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Sardinia, Princess Maria Anna of Saxony, and Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt. After him are Archduchess Marie Caroline of Austria, Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, Franz Xaver von Zach, Carl Friedrich Zelter, Jean Maximilien Lamarque, and Camillo Borghese, 6th Prince of Sulmona.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Kuhlau ranks 1,045 out of 7,253. Before him are Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands (1774), Johann Christoph Bach (1642), Maximilian Anton, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1831), Friedrich Jeckeln (1895), William II of Württemberg (1848), and Julius Wellhausen (1844). After him are Klaus Nomi (1944), Bruno of Querfurt (970), Albert of Riga (1165), Gotthard Kettler (1517), Reinhard Scheer (1863), and Joseph Berchtold (1897).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Friedrich Kuhlau ranks 40. Before him are Engelbert Humperdinck (1854), Carl Friedrich Abel (1723), Carl Stamitz (1745), Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria (1724), Johann Christoph Bach (1671), and Johann Christoph Bach (1642). After him are Hanns Eisler (1898), Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1709), Georg Böhm (1661), Johann Jakob Froberger (1616), Johann Mattheson (1681), and Johann Kuhnau (1660).

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