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Julian Fontana

1810 - 1869

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Julian (or Jules) Fontana (31 July 1810 — 23 December 1869) was a Polish pianist, composer, lawyer, author, translator, and entrepreneur, best remembered as a close friend and musical executor of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Julian Fontana is the 930th most popular musician (down from 735th in 2019), the 737th most popular biography from Poland (down from 649th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Polish Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Julian Fontana ranks 930 out of 3,175. Before him are Gottfried Heinrich Bach, Jimmy Smith, Trevor Horn, Ian McDonald, Nicanor Zabaleta, and Pat Mastelotto. After him are Dorival Caymmi, Al Stewart, André Cluytens, Max Roach, Orhan Gencebay, and James Ingram.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Julian Fontana ranks 58. Before him are Francis de Laporte de Castelnau, Johann Löwenthal, Giovanni Lanza, Eliza McCardle Johnson, Abraham Geiger, and Ernest Courtot de Cissey. After him are Philip Henry Gosse, Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau, Fritz Reuter, Louis Gallait, Juan Bautista Alberdi, and Jaime Balmes. Among people deceased in 1869, Julian Fontana ranks 35. Before him are Wilhelm, Duke of Urach, Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély, Juraj Haulik, and Giulia Grisi. After him are Juan Almonte, Adolphe Niel, Théophile Thoré-Bürger, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Gheorghe Asachi, and Pyotr Anjou.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Julian Fontana ranks 737 out of 1,694. Before him are Max Weber (1881), Ewald Christian von Kleist (1715), Franciszek Pieczka (1928), Klaus Hänsch (1938), Haroun Tazieff (1914), and Paul Kletzki (1900). After him are Duke William Frederick Philip of Württemberg (1761), Sophia Jagiellon, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1522), Leszek Balcerowicz (1947), Józef Bilczewski (1860), Mordechai Gebirtig (1877), and Kurt Feldt (1897).

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Among MUSICIANS In Poland

Among musicians born in Poland, Julian Fontana ranks 15. Before him are Theodor Leschetizky (1830), Julie Guicciardi (1782), Josef Hofmann (1876), Christoph Eschenbach (1940), Bronisław Huberman (1882), and Xaver Scharwenka (1850). After him are Mordechai Gebirtig (1877), Johann Gottfried Piefke (1815), Theodor Kullak (1818), Holger Czukay (1938), Tomasz Stańko (1942), and Szymon Goldberg (1909).

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