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Peter Cornelius

1824 - 1874

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Carl August Peter Cornelius (24 December 1824 – 26 October 1874) was a German composer, writer about music, poet and translator. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Cornelius is the 405th most popular composer (up from 509th in 2019), the 1,581st most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,004th in 2019) and the 56th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Peter Cornelius ranks 405 out of 1,451. Before him are Carl Heinrich Graun, Charles Auguste de Bériot, Ernst Krenek, Józef Elsner, Eugen Doga, and Karl Goldmark. After him are Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Alexander Dargomyzhsky, Gaspar Sanz, Adriano Banchieri, and Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1824, Peter Cornelius ranks 23. Before him are William Huggins, Karl-Maria Kertbeny, Nana Sahib, Antoine, Duke of Montpensier, Ludwig Büchner, and Princess Francisca of Brazil. After him are Princess Sophie of the Netherlands, William Walker, Tokugawa Iesada, George Speck, Leland Stanford, and Johann Wilhelm Hittorf. Among people deceased in 1874, Peter Cornelius ranks 13. Before him are David Strauss, Charles Gleyre, Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria, Johann Philipp Reis, Josiah Warren, and Maria Teresa, Princess of Beira. After him are August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller, Marià Fortuny, Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Constantin von Tischendorf, and Johann Heinrich von Mädler.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Peter Cornelius ranks 1,581 out of 7,253. Before him are Klaus Störtebeker (1360), Peter von Cornelius (1784), Carl Oberg (1897), Paul Rée (1849), Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1719), and James Mayer de Rothschild (1792). After him are Walter Warlimont (1894), Christoph Cellarius (1638), Matilda of Frisia (1024), Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg (1617), Michael Schenker (1955), and Hans Scharoun (1893).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Peter Cornelius ranks 56. Before him are Samuel Scheidt (1587), Hans Werner Henze (1926), Hans Leo Hassler (1564), Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748), Karl Richter (1926), and Carl Heinrich Graun (1704). After him are Nicolaus Bruhns (1665), Ferdinand Hiller (1811), Wolfgang Wagner (1919), Hermann Abendroth (1883), Carl Friedrich Zelter (1758), and Albert Lortzing (1801).

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