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Otto Nicolai

1810 - 1849

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Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai (9 June 1810 – 11 May 1849) was a German composer, conductor, and one of the founders of the Vienna Philharmonic. Nicolai is best known for his operatic version of Shakespeare's comedy The Merry Wives of Windsor as Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor. In addition to five operas, Nicolai composed lieder, works for orchestra, chorus, ensemble, and solo instruments. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Otto Nicolai is the 247th most popular composer, the 348th most popular biography from Russia and the 14th most popular Russian Composer.

Otto Nicolai was a German composer who is most famous for composing the opera "The Merry Wives of Windsor" in 1849.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Otto Nicolai ranks 242 out of 1,451. Before him are Giacomo Carissimi. After him are Pietro Locatelli, Alessandro Marcello, Jacques Arcadelt, Gaspare Spontini, Jerry Goldsmith, Carl Friedrich Abel, Alexander von Zemlinsky, Maurizio Pollini, Ambroise Thomas, Cécile Chaminade, and Eugen d'Albert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Otto Nicolai ranks 14. Before him are Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, Éliphas Lévi, Alexandre Colonna-Walewski, Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans, Ernst Kummer, and Nikolay Pirogov. After him are Princess Marianne of the Netherlands, Auguste, Duke of Leuchtenberg, Fanny Elssler, Hermann Heinrich Gossen, Francesco Maria Piave, and Elizabeth Gaskell. Among people deceased in 1849, Otto Nicolai ranks 17. Before him are Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner, Charles Albert of Sardinia, Şehzade Abdullah, Heonjong of Joseon, Juliette Récamier, and Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti. After him are Anita Garibaldi, Jan Svatopluk Presl, Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Juliusz Słowacki, William Miller, and Lajos Batthyány.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Otto Nicolai ranks 348 out of 3,761. Before him are Genndy Tartakovsky (1970), Anatoly Sobchak (1937), Anna Dostoevskaya (1846), The French Angel (1903), Nikolai Trubetzkoy (1890), and Alfred Schnittke (1934). After him are Grigory Orlov (1734), Valentin Serov (1865), Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia (1875), Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov (1806), Nikolai Rubinstein (1835), and Alexander Danilovich Menshikov (1673).

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Among COMPOSERS In Russia

Among composers born in Russia, Otto Nicolai ranks 13. Before him are Alexander Scriabin (1871), Mikhail Glinka (1804), Mily Balakirev (1837), Sofia Gubaidulina (1931), and Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904). After him are Alfred Schnittke (1934), Anton Arensky (1861), Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov (1883), Irving Berlin (1888), Sergei Taneyev (1856), Anatoly Lyadov (1855), and Nikolai Medtner (1879).

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