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Helmut Walcha

1907 - 1991

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Helmut Walcha (27 October 1907 – 11 August 1991) was a German organist, harpsichordist, music teacher and composer who specialized in the works of the Dutch and German Baroque masters. Blind since his teenage years, he is known for his recordings of the complete organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach, entirely played from memory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Helmut Walcha is the 900th most popular composer (down from 559th in 2019), the 3,548th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,194th in 2019) and the 135th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Helmut Walcha ranks 900 out of 1,451. Before him are Cornelius Gurlitt, Meredith Monk, Jaromír Weinberger, André Gedalge, Édouard Colonne, and Werner Egk. After him are Petrus de Cruce, Paul Dessau, Klaus Huber, Vissarion Shebalin, Gérard Grisey, and Heinrich Albert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Helmut Walcha ranks 186. Before him are Sergei Shtemenko, Géza von Radványi, Edwige Feuillère, Blagoje Marjanović, John Marley, and Nicanor Zabaleta. After him are Mark Krein, Jean Carzou, Fritz Szepan, Heikki Savolainen, Victor Capesius, and Peggy Ashcroft. Among people deceased in 1991, Helmut Walcha ranks 117. Before him are Metin Oktay, Hitoshi Igarashi, Claude Cahen, Pietro Ferraris, Louis Seigner, and Northrop Frye. After him are Antoine Berman, Robert Motherwell, Peggy Ashcroft, Fred MacMurray, Nicholas Poppe, and Luigi Zampa.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Helmut Walcha ranks 3,550 out of 7,253. Before him are Gertrude of Sulzbach (1114), Michael Ballhaus (1935), Karl von Einem (1853), Eleonore Dorothea of Anhalt-Dessau (1602), Karl-Josef Rauber (1934), and Max August Zorn (1906). After him are Adolf Stieler (1775), Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (1685), Ernst von Glasersfeld (1917), Adolf Martens (1850), Lilli Lehmann (1848), and Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1748).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Helmut Walcha ranks 135. Before him are Vincent Lübeck (1654), Julius Reubke (1834), Daniel Gottlob Türk (1750), Johann Jacob Bach (1682), Cornelius Gurlitt (1820), and Werner Egk (1901). After him are Paul Dessau (1894), Heinrich Albert (1604), Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754), Emil von Sauer (1862), Ramin Djawadi (1974), and Franz Tunder (1614).

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