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Karl Amadeus Hartmann

1905 - 1963

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Karl Amadeus Hartmann (2 August 1905 – 5 December 1963) was a German composer. A major figure of the musical life of post-war Germany, he has been described as the greatest German symphonist of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Amadeus Hartmann is the 861st most popular composer (down from 640th in 2019), the 3,384th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,524th in 2019) and the 127th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Karl Amadeus Hartmann ranks 861 out of 1,451. Before him are Claude Le Jeune, Johann Walter, Henri Rabaud, Louis Niedermeyer, Heinrich Bach, and Alexei Lvov. After him are Ferenc Farkas, Simon Sechter, Paul Lincke, Philippe de Monte, Cathy Berberian, and Vincent Lübeck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Karl Amadeus Hartmann ranks 172. Before him are Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Ramiro Ledesma Ramos, Robert Penn Warren, Ivan Eklind, Theodor Oberländer, and Erich Neumann. After him are Ferenc Farkas, Osvaldo Pugliese, Aldo Fabrizi, Colin Clark, Giuseppe Cavanna, and Alexandre Villaplane. Among people deceased in 1963, Karl Amadeus Hartmann ranks 99. Before him are Joseph Sweeney, Alan Gardiner, Rahul Sankrityayan, Elmore James, Maria Tănase, and August Rei. After him are Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, Pierre Blanchar, Cilly Aussem, Ivan Bek, John Farrow, and Guy Burgess.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl Amadeus Hartmann ranks 3,386 out of 7,253. Before him are Princess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1887), Edgar Jung (1894), Adolf Furtwängler (1853), Philipp von Boeselager (1917), Richard Huelsenbeck (1892), and Gustav Hugo (1764). After him are Paul Carell (1911), Horst Szymaniak (1934), Paul Lincke (1866), Gustav von Wangenheim (1895), Princess Louise of Prussia (1829), and Georg Pencz (1500).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Karl Amadeus Hartmann ranks 127. Before him are Christian Cannabich (1731), Johann Krieger (1651), Julius Röntgen (1855), Heinrich Scheidemann (1596), Johann Walter (1496), and Heinrich Bach (1615). After him are Paul Lincke (1866), Vincent Lübeck (1654), Julius Reubke (1834), Daniel Gottlob Türk (1750), Johann Jacob Bach (1682), and Cornelius Gurlitt (1820).

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