COMPOSER

Paul Dessau

1894 - 1979

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Paul Dessau (19 December 1894 – 28 June 1979) was a German composer and conductor. He collaborated with Bertolt Brecht and composed incidental music for his plays, and several operas based on them. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Dessau is the 902nd most popular composer (down from 896th in 2019), the 3,569th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,507th in 2019) and the 136th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Paul Dessau ranks 902 out of 1,451. Before him are Jaromír Weinberger, André Gedalge, Édouard Colonne, Werner Egk, Helmut Walcha, and Petrus de Cruce. After him are Klaus Huber, Vissarion Shebalin, Gérard Grisey, Heinrich Albert, Déodat de Séverac, and Leo Fall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Paul Dessau ranks 141. Before him are Ecaterina Teodoroiu, Vicente Rojo Lluch, Willem Schermerhorn, Mae Marsh, Norma Talmadge, and Gunnar Sköld. After him are Âşık Veysel, Jean Rostand, Tibor Déry, Oskar Maria Graf, Nicolas Slonimsky, and Alfred Berger. Among people deceased in 1979, Paul Dessau ranks 136. Before him are Henri Saint Cyr, Ivar Johansson, Princess Tatiana Constantinovna of Russia, Kurt Jooss, Ferenc Nagy, and Amedeo Biavati. After him are Pedro Arico Suárez, Immanuel Velikovsky, Aleksei Kapler, Amedeo Nazzari, George Seaton, and Ludwig Renn.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Paul Dessau ranks 3,571 out of 7,253. Before him are Friedrich Kirchner (1885), Michael Weikath (1962), Paul Fleming (1609), Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt (1857), August W. Eichler (1839), and Peer Steinbrück (1947). After him are Paul von Rusdorf (1385), Duchess Sophia Charlotte of Oldenburg (1879), Fritz Szepan (1907), Albert Niemann (1834), Dieter Hoeneß (1953), and Hermann von Stein (1854).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Paul Dessau ranks 136. Before him are Julius Reubke (1834), Daniel Gottlob Türk (1750), Johann Jacob Bach (1682), Cornelius Gurlitt (1820), Werner Egk (1901), and Helmut Walcha (1907). After him are Heinrich Albert (1604), Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754), Emil von Sauer (1862), Ramin Djawadi (1974), Franz Tunder (1614), and Hans von Koessler (1853).

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