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Pavel Haas

1899 - 1944

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Pavel Haas (21 June 1899 – 17 October 1944) was a Czech composer who was murdered during the Holocaust. He was an exponent of Leoš Janáček's school of composition, and also utilized elements of folk music and jazz. Although his output was not large, he is notable particularly for his song cycles and string quartets. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pavel Haas is the 579th most popular composer (down from 566th in 2019), the 267th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 263rd in 2019) and the 26th most popular Czech Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Pavel Haas ranks 579 out of 1,451. Before him are Aloysia Weber, Alexandre Tansman, Dora Pejačević, Eleni Karaindrou, Florian Leopold Gassmann, and Guillaume Lekeu. After him are Alois Hába, Johann Christoph Pepusch, Amy Beach, Hervé, Tikhon Khrennikov, and Manos Hatzidakis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Pavel Haas ranks 103. Before him are Osman Batur, Eugene Ormandy, Burt Munro, Hans Krása, Konstantinos Tsatsos, and Gustav Ucicky. After him are Mart Stam, Haim Arlosoroff, John Barbirolli, Wilhelm Röpke, Walter Lantz, and Nie Rongzhen. Among people deceased in 1944, Pavel Haas ranks 125. Before him are Heinz Brandt, Paul von Hase, Hans Krása, Adelbert Schulz, André Abegglen, and Fritz Pfeffer. After him are Amy Beach, Zinaida Portnova, Josef Bürckel, Kosta Pećanac, Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, and Emanuel Ringelblum.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Pavel Haas ranks 267 out of 1,200. Before him are Franz Bardon (1909), Erhard Raus (1889), Jan Hammer (1948), Anna Chromý (1940), Heinrich Wilhelm Schott (1794), and Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729). After him are Alois Hába (1893), Beatrice of Luxembourg (1305), Joseph Škoda (1805), Bořivoj II, Duke of Bohemia (1064), Karel Reisz (1926), and Alois Eliáš (1890).

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Among COMPOSERS In Czechia

Among composers born in Czechia, Pavel Haas ranks 26. Before him are Leopold Koželuch (1747), Vítězslav Novák (1870), Franz Xaver Richter (1709), Erwin Schulhoff (1894), Karel Svoboda (1938), and Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729). After him are Alois Hába (1893), František Brixi (1732), Oskar Nedbal (1874), Paul Wranitzky (1756), Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (1656), and Adalbert Gyrowetz (1763).

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