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Jānis Cimze

1814 - 1881

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Jānis Cimze (3 July/21 June 1814 — 22 October/10 October 1881) was a Latvian pedagogue, collector and harmoniser of folk songs, organist, founder of Latvian choral music and initiator of professional Latvian music. He is buried at the Lugaži Cemetery. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jānis Cimze is the 1,414th most popular musician (up from 1,673rd in 2019), the 149th most popular biography from Latvia (up from 172nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Latvian Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Jānis Cimze ranks 1,414 out of 3,175. Before him are Ketil Bjørnstad, Andy Bell, Country Joe McDonald, Tony Kaye, Jon Hiseman, and Leslie West. After him are Pixinguinha, František Ondříček, Arthur Crudup, Mana, Kate Pierson, and Abraham Laboriel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1814, Jānis Cimze ranks 65. Before him are Adolph Tidemand, Prince Karl of Auersperg, Hermann, Prince of Wied, José Posada Herrera, Joseph Hooker, and James Paget. After him are Zsigmond Kemény, Dimitrios Valvis, Nicolaas Beets, Oskar Kolberg, Juan Rafael Mora Porras, and Samuel J. Tilden. Among people deceased in 1881, Jānis Cimze ranks 73. Before him are Franz Felix Adalbert Kuhn, Florian Ceynowa, Theodor Benfey, Jean-Baptiste Nothomb, Salvador Jovellanos, and Gustav von Alvensleben. After him are Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, George Borrow, Gustav Neumann, Isaac Israel Hayes, Samuel Palmer, and Kolyu Ficheto.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Jānis Cimze ranks 149 out of 323. Before him are Mirdza Ķempe (1907), Eliyahu Rips (1948), Marija Naumova (1973), Aleksandr Kaleri (1956), Eduard Tisse (1897), and Bruno Habārovs (1939). After him are Andrejs Upīts (1877), Erik Hornung (1933), Jānis Endzelīns (1873), Kārlis Skalbe (1879), Hermanis Matisons (1894), and Fridrikh Ermler (1898).

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Among MUSICIANS In Latvia

Among musicians born in Latvia, Jānis Cimze ranks 7. Before him are Mariss Jansons (1943), Gidon Kremer (1947), Mischa Maisky (1948), Lūcija Garūta (1902), Arvīds Jansons (1914), and Vitas (1979). After him are Imants Kalniņš (1941), and DJ Lethal (1972).

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