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Max Bruch

1838 - 1920

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Max Bruch (6 January 1838 – 2 October 1920) was a German Romantic composer, violinist, teacher, and conductor who wrote more than 200 works, including three violin concertos, the first of which has become a staple of the violin repertoire. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Max Bruch is the 122nd most popular composer (up from 124th in 2019), the 401st most popular biography from Germany (up from 428th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular German Composer.

Max Bruch is most famous for his Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26, which is one of the most popular violin concertos in the repertoire.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Max Bruch ranks 122 out of 1,451. Before him are György Ligeti, Carlo Gesualdo, Manuel de Falla, Bohuslav Martinů, Emmerich Kálmán, and Giulio Caccini. After him are Adolphe Adam, Edgard Varèse, Carl Nielsen, Maurice Jarre, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, and Girolamo Frescobaldi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, Max Bruch ranks 6. Before him are John Wilkes Booth, Georges Bizet, Liliʻuokalani, Ernst Mach, and Ferdinand von Zeppelin. After him are Tobias Asser, Jan Matejko, Edward W. Morley, Franz Brentano, Luís I of Portugal, and Émile Loubet. Among people deceased in 1920, Max Bruch ranks 8. Before him are Amedeo Modigliani, Wilhelm Wundt, Srinivasa Ramanujan, Peter Carl Fabergé, Eugénie de Montijo, and Alexander of Greece. After him are Robert Peary, Alexander Kolchak, Anders Zorn, Princess Margaret of Connaught, Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, and Rosalia Lombardo.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Max Bruch ranks 401 out of 7,253. Before him are Gerhard Domagk (1895), Jürgen Klopp (1967), Helmuth Weidling (1891), Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (1864), Ilse Koch (1906), and Rupert, King of Germany (1352). After him are Wilhelm Maybach (1846), Einhard (770), Ernst Thälmann (1886), Hans Georg Dehmelt (1922), Chlodio (393), and Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Max Bruch ranks 22. Before him are Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928), Johann Pachelbel (1653), Heinrich Schütz (1585), Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714), Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791), and Paul Hindemith (1895). After him are Fanny Mendelssohn (1805), Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710), Kurt Weill (1900), Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732), Max Reger (1873), and Louis Spohr (1784).

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