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Julius Rietz

1812 - 1877

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August Wilhelm Julius Rietz (28 December 1812 – 12 September 1877) was a German composer, conductor, cellist, and teacher. His students included Woldemar Bargiel, Salomon Jadassohn, Arthur O'Leary, and (by far the most celebrated) Sir Arthur Sullivan. He also edited many works by Felix Mendelssohn for publication. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Julius Rietz is the 974th most popular composer (up from 1,087th in 2019), the 3,854th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,307th in 2019) and the 144th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Julius Rietz ranks 974 out of 1,451. Before him are Juhan Aavik, Ernst Toch, Ignaz Holzbauer, Tigran Chukhajian, Camargo Guarnieri, and Allan Pettersson. After him are Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, Valentino Fioravanti, Friedrich Gernsheim, Arnold Mendelssohn, Miina Härma, and Bojan Adamič.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1812, Julius Rietz ranks 52. Before him are Walthère Frère-Orban, Francisco Coll Guitart, Alexander H. Stephens, Charles Duclerc, Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ, and Nikolay Zinin. After him are Ercole Dembowski, Rudolf von Alt, Pierre de Decker, Izmail Sreznevsky, Auguste Duméril, and Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning. Among people deceased in 1877, Julius Rietz ranks 45. Before him are Anthimus VI of Constantinople, Johann von Herbeck, Fernán Caballero, Joseph Bienaimé Caventou, Nikolay Ogarev, and Alexander Bain. After him are Duke Eugen of Württemberg, Wilhelm Hofmeister, Johann Carl Fuhlrott, Janko Matúška, Robert Swinhoe, and Georg Adolf Erman.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Julius Rietz ranks 3,856 out of 7,253. Before him are Holger Meins (1941), Bernd Lucke (1962), Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury (1797), Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient (1804), Kurt Blome (1894), and Duke Christian Louis of Mecklenburg (1912). After him are Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch (1736), Tatjana Patitz (1966), Friedrich Gernsheim (1839), Richard Heidrich (1896), Peter Carsten (1928), and Ferdinand Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Baden (1625).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Julius Rietz ranks 144. Before him are Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754), Emil von Sauer (1862), Ramin Djawadi (1974), Franz Tunder (1614), Hans von Koessler (1853), and Felix Draeseke (1835). After him are Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch (1736), Friedrich Gernsheim (1839), Princess Amalie of Saxony (1794), Friedrich Silcher (1789), Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg (1718), and Gustav Lange (1830).

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