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Johann Gottfried Piefke

1815 - 1884

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Johann Gottfried Piefke (9 September 1817 – 25 January 1884) was a German band leader, (Kapellmeister) and composer of military music. Piefke was born in Schwerin an der Warthe, Prussia (now Skwierzyna, Poland). In the 1850s, he was band leader for the 8th Infantry Regiment in Berlin. His famous marches include Preußens Gloria, Düppeler Schanzen-Marsch and the Königgrätzer Marsch – the latter composed after the Battle of Königgrätz in 1866, the decisive battle of the Austro-Prussian War). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Gottfried Piefke is the 994th most popular musician (down from 859th in 2019), the 770th most popular biography from Poland (down from 730th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Polish Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Johann Gottfried Piefke ranks 994 out of 3,175. Before her are Aphex Twin, Charlie Christian, Al Jardine, S. D. Burman, Corey Taylor, and Oscar Hammerstein II. After her are Kyung Wha Chung, Eddy Grant, Jordan Rudess, Kerry King, Mick Ronson, and Wayne Kramer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, Johann Gottfried Piefke ranks 52. Before her are Crawford Long, Temistocle Solera, Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, Alphonse Beau de Rochas, John McDouall Stuart, and Louis Le Chatelier. After her are Karl von Blaas, James B. Francis, Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz, Mykhailo Verbytskyi, Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg, and Edward Forbes. Among people deceased in 1884, Johann Gottfried Piefke ranks 42. Before her are Gustave Le Gray, Keshub Chandra Sen, Augustin-Alexandre Dumont, Antonio García Gutiérrez, Aníbal Pinto, and Auguste Franchomme. After her are Victor Massé, Giuseppe De Nittis, Juan Bautista Alberdi, Pavlo Chubynsky, Kiến Phúc, and Cyrus McCormick.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Johann Gottfried Piefke ranks 770 out of 1,694. Before her are Bernhard Lichtenberg (1875), Johann Christian Günther (1695), Wojciech Has (1925), Stanisław Szukalski (1893), Gisela Hahn (1943), and Theodor Kotschy (1813). After her are Wojciech Zabłocki (1930), Walter Laqueur (1921), Dagmara Domińczyk (1976), Arthur Moritz Schoenflies (1853), Rudolf Ramek (1881), and Rainer Barzel (1924).

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Among MUSICIANS In Poland

Among musicians born in Poland, Johann Gottfried Piefke ranks 17. Before her are Josef Hofmann (1876), Christoph Eschenbach (1940), Bronisław Huberman (1882), Xaver Scharwenka (1850), Julian Fontana (1810), and Mordechai Gebirtig (1877). After her are Theodor Kullak (1818), Holger Czukay (1938), Tomasz Stańko (1942), Szymon Goldberg (1909), Ewa Demarczyk (1941), and Paweł Mąciwoda (1967).

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