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Julius Fučík

1872 - 1916

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Julius Ernest Wilhelm Fučík (Czech: [ˈjulɪjus ˈfutʃiːk]; 18 July 1872 – 25 September 1916) was an Austro-Hungarian composer of Czech ethnicity and conductor of military bands. He became a prolific composer, with over 400 marches, polkas, and waltzes to his name. As most of his works were for military bands, he is sometimes known as the "Bohemian Sousa". Today his marches are still played as patriotic music in the Czech Republic. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Julius Fučík is the 331st most popular composer, the 154th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 164th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Czech Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Julius Fučík ranks 331 out of 1,451. Before him are Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Alan Silvestri, André Campra, Aaron Copland, Heinrich Isaac, and Maria Szymanowska. After him are Bernard Herrmann, Keith Emerson, Luca Marenzio, Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov, Johann van Beethoven, and Irving Berlin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Julius Fučík ranks 36. Before him are Dionysios Kasdaglis, Gotse Delchev, Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, José Sanjurjo, Archduke Joseph August of Austria, and Habibullah Khan. After him are Princess Clémentine of Belgium, Édouard Herriot, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Hugo Alfvén, Mikhail Tsvet, and Hidesaburō Ueno. Among people deceased in 1916, Julius Fučík ranks 42. Before him are Rubén Darío, Gaston Maspero, Victoriano Huerta, Jean Webster, Gérard Encausse, and Hugo Münsterberg. After him are Pierre Duhem, Théodule-Armand Ribot, Oskar Backlund, Hans Richter, Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova, and Vasily Surikov.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Julius Fučík ranks 154 out of 1,200. Before him are Jan Kubiš (1913), František Plánička (1904), Prince Ernst of Hohenberg (1904), Cosmas of Prague (1045), Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg (1337), and Elizabeth of Bohemia (1292). After him are Jan Koller (1973), Karl I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1569), Jan Kodeš (1946), Jarmila Kratochvílová (1951), Carl von Rokitansky (1804), and Georg Benda (1722).

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Among COMPOSERS In Czechia

Among composers born in Czechia, Julius Fučík ranks 15. Before him are Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897), Josef Suk (1874), Anton Reicha (1770), Eduard Hanslick (1825), Franz Benda (1709), and Johann Baptist Wanhal (1739). After him are Georg Benda (1722), Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760), Ignaz Moscheles (1794), Zdeněk Fibich (1850), Leopold Koželuch (1747), and Vítězslav Novák (1870).

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