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Rued Langgaard

1893 - 1952

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Rued Langgaard (Danish: [ˈʁuðˀ ˈlɑŋˌkɒˀ]; born Rud Immanuel Langgaard; 28 July 1893 – 10 July 1952) was a late-Romantic Danish composer and organist. His then-unconventional music was at odds with that of his Danish contemporaries but was recognized 16 years after his death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rued Langgaard is the 791st most popular composer (down from 732nd in 2019), the 295th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 276th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Danish Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Rued Langgaard ranks 791 out of 1,451. Before him are Hucbald, Gaspar Cassadó, Gottfried von Einem, Karl Michael Ziehrer, Jan Václav Voříšek, and Gaetano Pugnani. After him are Jean-Henri d'Anglebert, Johann Melchior Molter, Vatroslav Lisinski, Wolfgang Rihm, Johann Gottlieb Graun, and Matvey Blanter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Rued Langgaard ranks 146. Before him are Eugene Aynsley Goossens, Walter Donaldson, Georges Florovsky, Lajos Czeizler, George Ohsawa, and Meghnad Saha. After him are Costante Girardengo, Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Hilda Geiringer, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Freya Stark, and Herbert Read. Among people deceased in 1952, Rued Langgaard ranks 83. Before him are Vladimir Albitsky, Yitzhak Sadeh, Theodoros Pangalos, Sameera Moussa, Antonia Maury, and Juan Yagüe. After him are Richard Hildebrandt, Silvio Cator, Josephine Tey, Maurice De Waele, Max Dehn, and Constant Permeke.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Rued Langgaard ranks 295 out of 1,032. Before him are Hedwig of Denmark (1581), Princess Louise of Denmark (1726), Max Heindel (1865), Carl-Henning Pedersen (1913), Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (1831), and J. C. Jacobsen (1811). After him are Lars Mikkelsen (1964), Emil Christian Hansen (1842), Tony Rominger (1961), Jon Dahl Tomasson (1976), Olafur Eliasson (1967), and Erik Axelsson Tott (1419).

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Among COMPOSERS In Denmark

Among composers born in Denmark, Rued Langgaard ranks 6. Before him are Carl Nielsen (1865), Niels Gade (1817), Per Nørgård (1932), Hans Christian Lumbye (1810), and Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805). After him are Vagn Holmboe (1909), Peter Arnold Heise (1830), Emil Hartmann (1836), Poul Ruders (1949), Hans Abrahamsen (1952), and Jesper Kyd (1972).

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