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Sigfrid Karg-Elert

1877 - 1933

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Sigfrid Theodor Karg-Elert (né Karg; 21 November 1877 – 9 April 1933) was a German composer and organist who wrote prolifically for pipe and reed organs. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sigfrid Karg-Elert is the 593rd most popular composer (up from 646th in 2019), the 2,330th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,557th in 2019) and the 92nd most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Sigfrid Karg-Elert ranks 593 out of 1,451. Before him are Ferdinand Hérold, Morton Feldman, Pasquale Anfossi, Sebastián Iradier, Evald Aav, and Tommaso Traetta. After him are Claude Goudimel, Antonia Brico, Ivan Zajc, François Devienne, Johann Schobert, and John Bull.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Sigfrid Karg-Elert ranks 65. Before him are Petar Kočić, Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, Pavel Bermondt-Avalov, Edmond Locard, Oscar Milosz, and Henri Breuil. After him are Garrett Morgan, Wilhelm Filchner, Sergei Bortkiewicz, Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Édouard Herzen, and Alfredo Guzzoni. Among people deceased in 1933, Sigfrid Karg-Elert ranks 52. Before him are Rudolph Lewis, Mary Parker Follett, Mary Ann Bevan, Nitobe Inazō, Haim Arlosoroff, and Hermann von François. After him are Hasan Prishtina, Theodor Lessing, Robert T. A. Innes, Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, Yamamoto Gonnohyōe, and Giovanni Giacometti.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Sigfrid Karg-Elert ranks 2,331 out of 7,253. Before him are John II, Duke of Bavaria (1341), Prince Franz of Bavaria (1875), Albert Forster (1902), Hanns Kerrl (1887), Konrad von Thüringen (1206), and Ludwig Crüwell (1892). After him are Wols (1913), Michael Lippert (1897), Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (1823), Ludwig Klages (1872), F. C. S. Schiller (1864), and Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff (1803).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Sigfrid Karg-Elert ranks 92. Before him are Hermann Scherchen (1891), Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741), Max Richter (1966), Johann Nikolaus Forkel (1749), Aloysia Weber (1760), and Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667). After him are Johann Andreas Stein (1728), Helmut Lachenmann (1935), Franz Abt (1819), Gershon Kingsley (1922), Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713), and Johann Caspar Kerll (1627).

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