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Henry Litolff

1818 - 1891

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Henry Charles Litolff (6 February 1818 – 5 August 1891) was a French and British virtuoso pianist, composer of Romantic music, and music publisher born in London. A prolific composer, he is today known mainly for a single brief work – the scherzo from his Concerto Symphonique No. 4 in D minor – and remembered as the founder of the Collection Litolff (today part of Edition Peters), a highly regarded publishing imprint of classical music scores. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Litolff is the 1,572nd most popular musician (down from 1,407th in 2019), the 4,229th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,692nd in 2019) and the 258th most popular British Musician.

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Among musicians, Henry Litolff ranks 1,572 out of 3,175. Before him are Tony Carey, Jeff Mills, Trevor Rabin, John Legend, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Emppu Vuorinen. After him are Reinhold Mack, Alexander Rosenbaum, Slim Harpo, Steve Hogarth, Marco Misciagna, and Pete Doherty.

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Among people born in 1818, Henry Litolff ranks 93. Before him are Ilya Berezin, Lucy Stone, František Ladislav Rieger, Constantin von Wurzbach, Joseph Weydemeyer, and Nikolay Milyutin. After him are József Szlávy, Juana Manuela Gorriti, José Amador de los Ríos, Don Carlos Buell, Elizabeth F. Ellet, and Nathaniel Lyon. Among people deceased in 1891, Henry Litolff ranks 103. Before him are Joseph Roumanille, Anton Heinrich Springer, Calixa Lavallée, George Washington Williams, Joseph Bazalgette, and George Bancroft. After him are José María Urvina, Charles Bradlaugh, Giovanni Caselli, Edwin Long, Alphonso Taft, and George Hearst.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Litolff ranks 4,230 out of 8,785. Before him are Richard Gunn (1871), Florence Pugh (1996), Norman Smith (1923), Horatio Caro (1862), Samuel Palmer (1805), and Richard Price (1723). After him are Neil Bartlett (1932), George Rodger (1908), Peter Davison (1951), Joe Cole (1981), Stanley Morison (1889), and Fred Karno (1866).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Henry Litolff ranks 258. Before him are Paul Kossoff (1950), Kenney Jones (1948), Barbara Thompson (1944), Joe Jackson (1954), Wilko Johnson (1947), and Roy Wood (1946). After him are Steve Hogarth (1956), Pete Doherty (1979), Spike Edney (1951), Johnny Marr (1963), Liam Howlett (1971), and Richard Palmer-James (1947).

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