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Leopold Koželuch

1747 - 1818

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Leopold Koželuch (Czech pronunciation: [ˈlɛopolt ˈkoʒɛlux], born Jan Antonín Koželuh, alternatively also Leopold Koželuh, Leopold Kotzeluch; 26 June 1747 – 7 May 1818) was a Czech composer and music teacher. He was born in Velvary and moved to Prague to further his musical education, before moving again to Vienna in 1778, where he was based for the remainder of his career. In Vienna he achieved renown as a composer, pianist and teacher, and from 1792 until his death in 1818 he held royal appointments as Kammer Kapellmeister (music director) and Hofmusik Compositor (composer), as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's successor. Koželuch's compositional output included sonatas and concertos for keyboard, the instrument in which he specialised, as well as chamber music, choral music and opera. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leopold Koželuch is the 438th most popular composer (up from 591st in 2019), the 212th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 271st in 2019) and the 20th most popular Czech Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Leopold Koželuch ranks 438 out of 1,451. Before him are Johann Kirnberger, Johann Schein, Yo-Yo Ma, Ethel Smyth, Ferdinand Ries, and William Walton. After him are Alexandre Guilmant, Vladimir Cosma, Agostino Steffani, Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia, Giovanni Pacini, and Hugo Riemann.

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Among people born in 1747, Leopold Koželuch ranks 9. Before him are Johann Elert Bode, Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel, Abraham-Louis Breguet, Vivant Denon, Roger Ducos, and Gottfried August Bürger. After him are Rose Bertin, Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark, Infante Philip, Duke of Calabria, Gunning Bedford Jr., Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe, and Jean-François Rewbell. Among people deceased in 1818, Leopold Koželuch ranks 18. Before him are Heinrich Füger, Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg, Alexandre Pétion, Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon, Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, and Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé. After him are Warren Hastings, Paul Revere, Marcello Bacciarelli, Caspar Wessel, Johann Nikolaus Forkel, and Olof Swartz.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Leopold Koželuch ranks 212 out of 1,200. Before him are Jaroslav Drobný (1921), Martin of Opava (1300), Vilém Flusser (1920), Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830), Jiří Trnka (1912), and Antonín Puč (1907). After him are Sigfried Held (1942), Jerzy Buzek (1940), Jan Kubelík (1880), Karl von Terzaghi (1883), David Popper (1843), and Spytihněv II, Duke of Bohemia (1031).

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Among COMPOSERS In Czechia

Among composers born in Czechia, Leopold Koželuch ranks 20. Before him are Johann Baptist Wanhal (1739), Julius Fučík (1872), Georg Benda (1722), Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760), Ignaz Moscheles (1794), and Zdeněk Fibich (1850). After him are Vítězslav Novák (1870), Franz Xaver Richter (1709), Erwin Schulhoff (1894), Karel Svoboda (1938), Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729), and Pavel Haas (1899).

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