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Wilhelm Backhaus

1884 - 1969

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Wilhelm Backhaus ('Bachaus' on some record labels) (26 March 1884 – 5 July 1969) was a German pianist and pedagogue. He was particularly well known for his interpretations of Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin and Brahms. He was also much admired as a chamber musician. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Backhaus is the 375th most popular musician (up from 379th in 2019), the 1,652nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,790th in 2019) and the 17th most popular German Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Wilhelm Backhaus ranks 375 out of 3,175. Before him are Domenico Alberti, Jacques Dutronc, 3T, Robby Krieger, Simon Phillips, and Terpander. After him are Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller, Michael McDonald, Paul Badura-Skoda, Marguerite Long, Franco Battiato, and Zayn Malik.

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Among people born in 1884, Wilhelm Backhaus ranks 54. Before him are Johan Laidoner, Empress Teimei, Béla Balázs, Hugo Schmeisser, Princess Helen of Serbia, and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. After him are Félix Gouin, Mammad Amin Rasulzadeh, Henri Cornet, Prince Adalbert of Prussia, Yasuji Okamura, and Drastamat Kanayan. Among people deceased in 1969, Wilhelm Backhaus ranks 59. Before him are Grażyna Bacewicz, Artur da Costa e Silva, Radivoj Korać, Dragiša Cvetković, Eberhard von Mackensen, and Korney Chukovsky. After him are Raymond A. Spruance, Markian Popov, Jiří Trnka, Kimon Georgiev, Prince Konrad of Bavaria, and Ramón Grau.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm Backhaus ranks 1,652 out of 7,253. Before him are Princess Margaret of Prussia (1872), Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg (1706), Georg Kerschensteiner (1854), Ludwig Borchardt (1863), Christian Leopold von Buch (1774), and Fritz Bauer (1903). After him are Hans Vaihinger (1852), Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller (1806), Jürgen Kohler (1965), Marianne Weber (1870), Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange (1751), and Christian I, Elector of Saxony (1560).

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Among MUSICIANS In Germany

Among musicians born in Germany, Wilhelm Backhaus ranks 17. Before him are André Previn (1929), Friedrich Kalkbrenner (1784), Florian Schneider (1947), Michael Schenker (1955), Richard Z. Kruspe (1967), and Tré Cool (1972). After him are Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller (1806), Matthias Jabs (1955), Ralf Hütter (1946), Theo Jörgensmann (1948), Wolfgang Sawallisch (1923), and Menahem Pressler (1923).

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