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Gottfried von Einem

1918 - 1996

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Gottfried von Einem (24 January 1918 – 12 July 1996) was an Austrian composer. He is known chiefly for his operas influenced by the music of Stravinsky and Prokofiev, as well as by jazz. He also composed pieces for piano, violin and organ. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gottfried von Einem is the 787th most popular composer (up from 997th in 2019), the 315th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 398th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Swiss Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Gottfried von Einem ranks 787 out of 1,451. Before him are Brian Tyler, Thomas Newman, Antonín Vranický, Stanley Myers, Hucbald, and Gaspar Cassadó. After him are Karl Michael Ziehrer, Jan Václav Voříšek, Gaetano Pugnani, Rued Langgaard, Jean-Henri d'Anglebert, and Johann Melchior Molter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Gottfried von Einem ranks 142. Before him are George Mosse, Giovanni Canestri, Abraham Robinson, Joseph Wiseman, Mickey Spillane, and Émile Derlin Zinsou. After him are Suzanne Flon, Brenda Milner, Venetia Burney, Hendrik C. van de Hulst, Jelle Zijlstra, and Iryna Melnykova. Among people deceased in 1996, Gottfried von Einem ranks 126. Before him are Jo Van Fleet, Edison Denisov, Tamara Toumanova, Tito Okello, Jerry Siegel, and Hussein Kamel al-Majid. After him are Jack Churchill, Annabella, Dan Flavin, Henri Nouwen, José Manuel Fuente, and Stanko Todorov.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Gottfried von Einem ranks 315 out of 1,015. Before him are Felix Manz (1498), Rodolphe Lindt (1855), Christoph Blocher (1940), Adrian Frutiger (1928), Henry, Duke of Parma (1873), and Lisa Della Casa (1919). After him are Liselotte Pulver (1929), Pierre Tirard (1827), Maurice Bavaud (1916), Arthur Cravan (1887), Marc Surer (1951), and Andreas Vollenweider (1953).

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Among COMPOSERS In Switzerland

Among composers born in Switzerland, Gottfried von Einem ranks 12. Before him are Grock (1880), Joachim Raff (1822), Pancho Vladigerov (1899), Ludwig Senfl (1486), Heinz Holliger (1939), and Heinrich Sutermeister (1910). After him are Louis Niedermeyer (1802), Othmar Schoeck (1886), Klaus Huber (1924), and Hans Huber (1852).

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