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Ludwig Ritter von Köchel

1800 - 1877

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Ludwig Ritter von Köchel (German: [ˈkœçəl]; born Ludwig Alois Friedrich Köchel; 14 January 1800 – 3 June 1877) was an Austrian musicologist, writer, composer, botanist, and publisher. He is best known for cataloguing the works of Mozart and originating the 'KV-numbers' by which they are known (KV for Köchel-Verzeichnis). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ludwig Ritter von Köchel is the 291st most popular composer (up from 329th in 2019), the 279th most popular biography from Austria (up from 308th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Austrian Composer.

Ludwig von Köchel was a musicologist who created the first chronological catalog of the works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

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Among composers, Ludwig Ritter von Köchel ranks 291 out of 1,451. Before him are Valentyn Sylvestrov, Jacques Ibert, Reynaldo Hahn, Emmanuel Chabrier, Clemens Krauss, and Princess Maria Antonia Koháry. After him are Franz Benda, Ichirou Mizuki, Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Georg Böhm, Gioseffo Zarlino, and Antonio Soler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1800, Ludwig Ritter von Köchel ranks 15. Before him are Henry Fox Talbot, Jean-Baptiste Dumas, John Brown, Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, John Nelson Darby, and James Clark Ross. After him are Jacques Paul Migne, Lars Levi Laestadius, Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg, Infanta Maria Francisca of Braganza, Jean-Jacques Ampère, and William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse. Among people deceased in 1877, Ludwig Ritter von Köchel ranks 15. Before him are Crazy Horse, Amalie Auguste of Bavaria, Sophie of Württemberg, Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Juan Manuel de Rosas, and Cornelius Vanderbilt. After him are Antoine Augustin Cournot, Hermann Grassmann, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Kido Takayoshi, Yaqub Beg, and Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Ludwig Ritter von Köchel ranks 279 out of 1,424. Before him are Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick (1887), Clemens Krauss (1893), Joseph Johann Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein (1690), Karl-Maria Kertbeny (1824), Walter Nowotny (1920), and Hans Hollein (1934). After him are Koloman Moser (1868), Countess Georgina von Wilczek (1921), Paul Lazarsfeld (1901), Michael Hainisch (1858), Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria (1818), and Ludwig von Bertalanffy (1901).

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Among COMPOSERS In Austria

Among composers born in Austria, Ludwig Ritter von Köchel ranks 27. Before 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). After him are Max Steiner (1888), Ernst Krenek (1900), Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy (1714), Robert Stolz (1880), Oscar Straus (1870), and Robert Fuchs (1847).

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