COMPOSER

Werner Egk

1901 - 1983

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Werner Egk (German pronunciation: [ˈɛk], 17 May 1901 – 10 July 1983), born Werner Joseph Mayer, was a German composer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Werner Egk is the 899th most popular composer (down from 851st in 2019), the 3,538th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,384th in 2019) and the 134th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Werner Egk ranks 899 out of 1,451. Before him are Marvin Hamlisch, Cornelius Gurlitt, Meredith Monk, Jaromír Weinberger, André Gedalge, and Édouard Colonne. After him are Helmut Walcha, Petrus de Cruce, Paul Dessau, Klaus Huber, Vissarion Shebalin, and Gérard Grisey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Werner Egk ranks 165. Before him are André Parrot, Lanza del Vasto, Ebbe Schwartz, Sergei Tumansky, Kurt Jooss, and Dmitry Lelyushenko. After him are Fernando Tambroni, Edgar Ende, Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, Joseph Wendel, Maurice Evans, and Xu Xiangqian. Among people deceased in 1983, Werner Egk ranks 128. Before him are Gunta Stölzl, Ernst Degner, Johan Richthoff, Fatma Begum, Adrian Boult, and Herman Kahn. After him are José Iraragorri, Gabrielle Roy, Barbara Karinska, Gunnar Thoroddsen, Anthony van Hoboken, and Musine Kokalari.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Werner Egk ranks 3,540 out of 7,253. Before him are Friedrich von Esmarch (1823), Duke William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1827), Fritz Julius Kuhn (1896), Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner (1854), Julius Schiller (1580), and Karl Friedrich von Gaertner (1772). After him are Heinrich Kreutz (1854), Princess Maria Amalia of Saxony (1757), Friedrich Sämisch (1896), Gertrude of Sulzbach (1114), Michael Ballhaus (1935), and Karl von Einem (1853).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Werner Egk ranks 134. Before him are Paul Lincke (1866), Vincent Lübeck (1654), Julius Reubke (1834), Daniel Gottlob Türk (1750), Johann Jacob Bach (1682), and Cornelius Gurlitt (1820). After him are Helmut Walcha (1907), Paul Dessau (1894), Heinrich Albert (1604), Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754), Emil von Sauer (1862), and Ramin Djawadi (1974).

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