COMPOSER

Ludwig Minkus

1826 - 1917

Photo of Ludwig Minkus

Icon of person Ludwig Minkus

Ludwig Minkus (Russian: Людвиг Минкус), also known as Léon Fyodorovich Minkus (23 March 1826, Vienna – 7 December 1917, Vienna), was an Austrian composer of ballet music, a violinist and teacher of music. Minkus is noted for the music he composed during his career in St. Petersburg, Russia. Beginning in 1871 Minkus served in the official post of Composer of Ballet Music to the St. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ludwig Minkus is the 224th most popular composer (down from 199th in 2019), the 217th most popular biography from Austria (down from 193rd in 2019) and the 20th most popular Austrian Composer.

Ludwig Minkus is most famous for being a composer of ballet music.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Ludwig Minkus by language

Loading...

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Ludwig Minkus ranks 224 out of 1,451. Before him are Francesca Caccini, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Josef Suk, Eugène Ysaÿe, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, and Andrea Gabrieli. After him are Fromental Halévy, Benedetto Marcello, Franz Xaver Süssmayr, Lili Boulanger, Philippe de Vitry, and Ernest Bloch.

Most Popular Composers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1826, Ludwig Minkus ranks 8. Before him are Carlo Collodi, Charles XV of Sweden, Eugénie de Montijo, Gustave Moreau, Cetshwayo kaMpande, and Wilhelm Liebknecht. After him are Stanislao Cannizzaro, Armand David, Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden, Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro, Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, and Alexander Afanasyev. Among people deceased in 1917, Ludwig Minkus ranks 18. Before him are Emil Theodor Kocher, Edward Burnett Tylor, Buffalo Bill, Franz Brentano, Dragutin Dimitrijević, and John William Waterhouse. After him are Mackenzie Bowell, Scott Joplin, Hussein Kamel of Egypt, Radomir Putnik, Frances Xavier Cabrini, and Jean Gaston Darboux.

Others Born in 1826

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1917

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Ludwig Minkus ranks 217 out of 1,424. Before him are Jörg Haider (1950), Maria Antonia of Austria (1669), Anton Diabelli (1781), Leopold Joseph von Daun (1705), Franz Grillparzer (1791), and Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736). After him are Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria (1692), Franz Xaver Süssmayr (1766), Maria Theresa of Austria (1801), Maria Anna of Austria (1683), Albert VI, Archduke of Austria (1418), and Georg von Peuerbach (1423).

Others born in Austria

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among COMPOSERS In Austria

Among composers born in Austria, Ludwig Minkus ranks 20. Before him are Eduard Strauss (1835), Émile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865), Michael Haydn (1737), Anna Maria Mozart (1720), Johann Joseph Fux (1660), and Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736). After him are Franz Xaver Süssmayr (1766), Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871), Joseph Lanner (1801), Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739), Franz Xaver Gruber (1787), and Clemens Krauss (1893).

Austrian born Composers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous