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Hugo Riemann

1849 - 1919

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Karl Wilhelm Julius Hugo Riemann (18 July 1849 – 10 July 1919) was a German musicologist and composer who was among the founders of modern musicology. The leading European music scholar of his time, he was active and influential as both a music theorist and music historian. Many of his contributions are now termed as Riemannian theory, a variety of related ideas on many aspects of music theory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hugo Riemann is the 444th most popular composer (down from 354th in 2019), the 1,803rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,441st in 2019) and the 67th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Hugo Riemann ranks 444 out of 1,451. Before him are Leopold Koželuch, Alexandre Guilmant, Vladimir Cosma, Agostino Steffani, Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia, and Giovanni Pacini. After him are Miki Matsubara, Grock, Johannes Tinctoris, Carl Loewe, John Blow, and Antonio de Cabezón.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Hugo Riemann ranks 35. Before him are Vera Zasulich, Lord Randolph Churchill, Paul Rée, Joseph Gallieni, Eugène Carrière, and Wilhelm Voigt. After him are Archduchess Mathilda of Austria, Jean Béraud, Hong Tianguifu, Herbert von Bismarck, Saionji Kinmochi, and Georg Luger. Among people deceased in 1919, Hugo Riemann ranks 50. Before him are Endre Ady, Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia, Gustav Landauer, Adolf Schmal, Adolf Hurwitz, and Leo Jogiches. After him are Vasily Chapayev, Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, Adelina Patti, Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia, Feng Guozhang, and Friedrich Naumann.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hugo Riemann ranks 1,803 out of 7,253. Before him are Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1896), Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (1716), Andreas Köpke (1962), Magdalene of Brandenburg (1582), Hermann Samuel Reimarus (1694), and Carl Gustav Carus (1789). After him are Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich (1806), Johann Heinrich von Mädler (1794), Paul Troost (1878), Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1778), Alfred Schmidt (1931), and Karl Adolph von Basedow (1799).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Hugo Riemann ranks 67. Before him are Carl Friedrich Zelter (1758), Albert Lortzing (1801), Johann Kirnberger (1721), Johann Schein (1586), Ferdinand Ries (1784), and Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (1716). After him are Carl Loewe (1796), Christoph Graupner (1683), Simon Mayr (1763), Alfred Einstein (1880), Heinrich Marschner (1795), and Joseph Martin Kraus (1756).

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