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Othmar Schoeck

1886 - 1957

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Othmar Schoeck (1 September 1886 – 8 March 1957) was a Swiss Romantic composer and conductor. He was known for his considerable output of art songs and song cycles but also wrote operas, notably the one-act Penthesilea, premiered in Dresden in 1927, and instrumental works, including two string quartets and concertos for violin (for Stefi Geyer), cello and horn. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Othmar Schoeck is the 871st most popular composer (up from 931st in 2019), the 339th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 366th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Swiss Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Othmar Schoeck ranks 871 out of 1,451. Before him are Philippe de Monte, Cathy Berberian, Vincent Lübeck, Anton Stamitz, Alexander Alyabyev, and Martin Wegelius. After him are John Tavener, Julius Reubke, Loyset Compère, Frank Bridge, Louis Andriessen, and Giuseppe Martucci.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Othmar Schoeck ranks 158. Before him are John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, Malak Hifni Nasif, Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao, August Rei, Mikhail Tereshchenko, and Ernst May. After him are Dimitri Uznadze, Divna Veković, Kálmán Darányi, Al Jolson, Chester Barnard, and Alexander Miasnikian. Among people deceased in 1957, Othmar Schoeck ranks 127. Before him are Oldřich Duras, Charles Pathé, Georges Hébert, Princess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Abolqasem Lahouti, and Viggo Larsen. After him are Joseph Canteloube, Alexander Vertinsky, Frank País, Ferenc Hirzer, Augusto Genina, and Norma Talmadge.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Othmar Schoeck ranks 339 out of 1,015. Before him are Maria Bernarda Bütler (1848), Fernán Caballero (1796), Louis Niedermeyer (1802), Charles Journet (1891), Saint Othmar (689), and Bertrand Piccard (1958). After him are Maximilian Ulysses Browne (1705), Johann Baptist Cysat (1585), Paul Sacher (1906), Samuel Schmid (1947), Henri Druey (1799), and Heinrich Rudolf Schinz (1777).

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Among COMPOSERS In Switzerland

Among composers born in Switzerland, Othmar Schoeck ranks 14. Before him are Pancho Vladigerov (1899), Ludwig Senfl (1486), Heinz Holliger (1939), Heinrich Sutermeister (1910), Gottfried von Einem (1918), and Louis Niedermeyer (1802). After him are Klaus Huber (1924), and Hans Huber (1852).

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