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Gustav Leonhardt

1928 - 2012

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Gustav Maria Leonhardt (30 May 1928 – 16 January 2012) was a Dutch keyboardist, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor. He was a leading figure in the historically informed performance movement to perform music on period instruments. Leonhardt professionally played many instruments, including the harpsichord, pipe organ, claviorganum (a combination of harpsichord and organ), clavichord, fortepiano, and piano. He also conducted orchestras and choruses. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gustav Leonhardt is the 309th most popular composer (up from 328th in 2019), the 165th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 202nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Dutch Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Gustav Leonhardt ranks 309 out of 1,451. Before him are Stephen Schwartz, Dimitri Tiomkin, Gustave Charpentier, Pierre De Geyter, Max Steiner, and Niccolò Jommelli. After him are Antonio Lotti, Johann Mattheson, Cipriano de Rore, Johann Kuhnau, Charles Ives, and Thomas Tallis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Gustav Leonhardt ranks 75. Before him are Hannah Pick-Goslar, Giampiero Boniperti, Zhu Rongji, Carl Woese, Tommaso Buscetta, and Hans Modrow. After him are Lina Wertmüller, Capucine, Musa al-Sadr, Gaston Thorn, Tony Richardson, and Seki Matsunaga. Among people deceased in 2012, Gustav Leonhardt ranks 65. Before him are Chadli Bendjedid, Etta James, Carl Johan Bernadotte, Carl Woese, George Armitage Miller, and Tony Martin. After him are Dave Brubeck, John Atta Mills, J. Christopher Stevens, Harry Carey Jr., Bingu wa Mutharika, and Malam Bacai Sanhá.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Gustav Leonhardt ranks 165 out of 1,646. Before him are Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (1948), Rodolphus Agricola (1443), Rachel Ruysch (1664), Bert van Marwijk (1952), Roméo Dallaire (1946), and Martinus Beijerinck (1851). After him are Pieter Lastman (1583), Famke Janssen (1964), Pim Fortuyn (1948), Piet Keizer (1943), Ruud Lubbers (1939), and Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten (1627).

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Among COMPOSERS In Netherlands

Among composers born in Netherlands, Gustav Leonhardt ranks 3. Before him are Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562), and Jacob Clemens non Papa (1510). After him are Willem Mengelberg (1871), Johann Adam Reincken (1643), Antonia Brico (1902), Jacob van Eyck (1590), Junkie XL (1967), Louis Andriessen (1939), Anthony van Hoboken (1887), Simeon ten Holt (1923), and Michel van der Aa (1970).

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