COMPOSER

Willem Mengelberg

1871 - 1951

Willem Mengelberg

Joseph Wilhelm Mengelberg (28 March 1871 – 21 March 1951) was a Dutch conductor, famous for his performances of Beethoven, Brahms, Mahler and Strauss with the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest symphonic conductors of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Willem Mengelberg is the 356th most popular composer (up from 361st in 2019), the 198th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 230th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Dutch Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Willem Mengelberg ranks 356 out of 1,451. Before him are Ralph Vaughan Williams, Hugo Alfvén, Mieczysław Weinberg, Samuel Scheidt, Jan Ladislav Dussek, and Rodolphe Kreutzer. After him are Hans Richter, Anatoly Lyadov, Hans Werner Henze, Bernardo Pasquini, Leonardo Leo, and Frank Martin.

Most Popular Composers in Wikipedia

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Ralph Vaughan Williams
1872 - 1958
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 350
Hugo Alfvén
1872 - 1960
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 351
Mieczysław Weinberg
1919 - 1996
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 352
Samuel Scheidt
1587 - 1654
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 353
Jan Ladislav Dussek
1760 - 1812
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 354
Rodolphe Kreutzer
1766 - 1831
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 355
Willem Mengelberg
1871 - 1951
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 356
Hans Richter
1843 - 1916
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 357
Anatoly Lyadov
1855 - 1914
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 358
Hans Werner Henze
1926 - 2012
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 359
Bernardo Pasquini
1637 - 1710
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 360
Leonardo Leo
1694 - 1744
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 361
Frank Martin
1890 - 1974
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 362

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Willem Mengelberg ranks 32. Before him are Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia, Alexander von Zemlinsky, Cordell Hull, Leonid Andreyev, Lyonel Feininger, and Ernst Zermelo. After him are Danilo, Crown Prince of Montenegro, Nicolae Iorga, Sergei Bulgakov, Princess Hélène of Orléans, Walter Bradford Cannon, and Gerardo Machado. Among people deceased in 1951, Willem Mengelberg ranks 38. Before him are William Randolph Hearst, Princess Milica of Montenegro, Choudhry Rahmat Ali, Robert J. Flaherty, Adam Stefan Sapieha, and Andrei Platonov. After him are Empress Teimei, Princess Hélène of Orléans, Nikolai Medtner, Ernst von Weizsäcker, Serge Koussevitzky, and Sadegh Hedayat.

Others Born in 1871

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Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia
POLITICIAN
1871 - 1899
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 26
Alexander von Zemlinsky
COMPOSER
1871 - 1942
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 27
Cordell Hull
POLITICIAN
1871 - 1955
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 28
Leonid Andreyev
WRITER
1871 - 1919
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 29
Lyonel Feininger
PAINTER
1871 - 1956
HPI: 67.20
Rank: 30
Ernst Zermelo
MATHEMATICIAN
1871 - 1953
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 31
Willem Mengelberg
COMPOSER
1871 - 1951
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 32
Danilo, Crown Prince of Montenegro
POLITICIAN
1871 - 1939
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 33
Nicolae Iorga
POLITICIAN
1871 - 1940
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 34
Sergei Bulgakov
PHILOSOPHER
1871 - 1944
HPI: 65.94
Rank: 35
Princess Hélène of Orléans
NOBLEMAN
1871 - 1951
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 36
Walter Bradford Cannon
PSYCHOLOGIST
1871 - 1945
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 37
Gerardo Machado
POLITICIAN
1871 - 1939
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 38