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Paul Lincke

1866 - 1946

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Carl Emil Paul Lincke (7 November 1866 – 3 September 1946) was a German composer and theater conductor. He is considered the "father" of the Berlin operetta. His well-known compositions include "Berliner Luft" ("Berlin Air"), the unofficial anthem of Berlin, from his operetta Frau Luna; and "The Glow-Worm", from his operetta Lysistrata. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Lincke is the 864th most popular composer (down from 583rd in 2019), the 3,387th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,322nd in 2019) and the 128th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Paul Lincke ranks 864 out of 1,451. Before him are Louis Niedermeyer, Heinrich Bach, Alexei Lvov, Karl Amadeus Hartmann, Ferenc Farkas, and Simon Sechter. After him are Philippe de Monte, Cathy Berberian, Vincent Lübeck, Anton Stamitz, Alexander Alyabyev, and Martin Wegelius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Paul Lincke ranks 81. Before him are Alexey Troitsky, Julian Marchlewski, Erik Ivar Fredholm, J. M. E. McTaggart, Mario García Menocal, and George Minne. After him are Ignacy Daszyński, Gustav Adolf von Götzen, Andrey Lyapchev, Paolo Troubetzkoy, Tristan Bernard, and Carl Gustav Witt. Among people deceased in 1946, Paul Lincke ranks 122. Before him are Dion Fortune, Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, Pantelis Karasevdas, Cesare Orsenigo, and Ahmad Kasravi. After him are Alexey Sudayev, Erwin Rösener, François de La Rocque, Ernst Leonard Lindelöf, Camillo Caccia Dominioni, and Carl Gustav Witt.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Paul Lincke ranks 3,389 out of 7,253. Before him are Philipp von Boeselager (1917), Richard Huelsenbeck (1892), Gustav Hugo (1764), Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905), Paul Carell (1911), and Horst Szymaniak (1934). After him are Gustav von Wangenheim (1895), Princess Louise of Prussia (1829), Georg Pencz (1500), Maximilian Fretter-Pico (1892), Hedwig of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1540), and Christian Louis I (1623).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Paul Lincke ranks 128. Before him are Johann Krieger (1651), Julius Röntgen (1855), Heinrich Scheidemann (1596), Johann Walter (1496), Heinrich Bach (1615), and Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905). After him are Vincent Lübeck (1654), Julius Reubke (1834), Daniel Gottlob Türk (1750), Johann Jacob Bach (1682), Cornelius Gurlitt (1820), and Werner Egk (1901).

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