COMPOSER

Richard Heuberger

1850 - 1914

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Richard Franz Joseph Heuberger (18 June 1850 in Graz, Austria – 28 October 1914 in Vienna, Austria) was an Austrian composer of operas and operettas, a music critic, and teacher. Heuberger was born in Graz, the son of a bandage manufacturer. He initially studied engineering, but gave it up in 1876, and turned to music. He studied at the Graz Conservatory (where he studied with Robert Fuchs), and later transferred to Vienna, where he eventually became the chorus master of the Wiener Akademischer Gesangverein, conductor of the Wiener Singakademie, director of the Wiener Männergesang-Verein (Vienna Men's Choral Association), and a teacher at the Konservatorium der Stadt Wien. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Heuberger is the 947th most popular composer (up from 1,004th in 2019), the 699th most popular biography from Austria (up from 739th in 2019) and the 55th most popular Austrian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Richard Heuberger ranks 947 out of 1,451. Before him are Hubert Parry, André Cardinal Destouches, Felix Draeseke, Alexander Mosolov, Tan Dun, and Egon Wellesz. After him are Vilém Blodek, Arnold Bax, Sándor Veress, Giovanni Battista Bassani, Alexander Goldenweiser, and Lev Knipper.

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Among people born in 1850, Richard Heuberger ranks 70. Before him are Princess Therese of Bavaria, Aleksander Gierymski, Anastasia Golovina, Adolf Martens, Woldemar Voigt, and Siri von Essen. After him are Constantin Fahlberg, Kiyoura Keigo, Ernest von Koerber, Constantin Henriquez, Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, and John Munro Longyear. Among people deceased in 1914, Richard Heuberger ranks 86. Before him are Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem, Benedict Menni, John Murray, Dimitrie Sturdza, Shibli Nomani, and John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll. After him are Camillo Boito, Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, Harry Rosenbusch, Jane Morris, Georg von Kopp, and Hubertine Auclert.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Richard Heuberger ranks 699 out of 1,424. Before him are Alfred Berger (1894), Felix Lichnowsky (1814), Nathan Birnbaum (1864), Prince Franz de Paula of Liechtenstein (1802), Michael Denis (1729), and Egon Wellesz (1885). After him are Marko Arnautović (1989), Natascha Kampusch (1988), Franz Steindachner (1834), Ursula Ledóchowska (1865), Benita Ferrero-Waldner (1948), and Karl von Blaas (1815).

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Among COMPOSERS In Austria

Among composers born in Austria, Richard Heuberger ranks 55. Before him are Carl Millöcker (1842), Johann von Herbeck (1831), Friedrich Cerha (1926), Leopold Hofmann (1738), Ignaz Schuppanzigh (1776), and Egon Wellesz (1885). After him are Ernst Toch (1887), Ignaz Holzbauer (1711), Joseph Hellmesberger Sr. (1828), Siegmund von Hausegger (1872), Hans Gál (1890), and Johann Nepomuk David (1895).

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