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Albert Lortzing

1801 - 1851

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Gustav Albert Lortzing (23 October 1801 – 21 January 1851) was a German composer, librettist, actor and singer. He is considered to be the main representative of the German Spieloper, a form similar to the French opéra comique, which grew out of the Singspiel. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Albert Lortzing is the 431st most popular composer (up from 472nd in 2019), the 1,724th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,861st in 2019) and the 62nd most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Albert Lortzing ranks 431 out of 1,451. Before him are Zdeněk Fibich, Domenico Zipoli, Francesco Cilea, Franz Schmidt, Federico Mompou, and Carl Friedrich Zelter. After him are Johann Kirnberger, Johann Schein, Yo-Yo Ma, Ethel Smyth, Ferdinand Ries, and William Walton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1801, Albert Lortzing ranks 23. Before him are Archduchess Marie Caroline of Austria, Princess Sophie of Sweden, Vladimir Dal, Zénaïde Bonaparte, Immanuel Nobel, and Prince Charles of Prussia. After him are Infanta Isabel Maria of Braganza, William H. Seward, Thomas Cole, Moritz von Jacobi, David Farragut, and Rifa'a al-Tahtawi. Among people deceased in 1851, Albert Lortzing ranks 19. Before him are Gaspare Spontini, Manuel Godoy, Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, John James Audubon, Mikhail Lazarev, and Rama III. After him are Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link, Lorenz Oken, Karl Lachmann, Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, Dean Mahomed, and Karl Gützlaff.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Albert Lortzing ranks 1,724 out of 7,253. Before him are Hans Staden (1525), Salomon Mayer von Rothschild (1774), Georg Ebers (1837), Siegfried Marcus (1831), Princess Maria Anna of Hesse-Homburg (1785), and Franz Pfeffer von Salomon (1888). After him are Prince William of Baden (1829), Klaus Fischer (1949), Cerdic of Wessex (467), Gottfried Böhm (1920), Joschka Fischer (1948), and Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland (1733).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Albert Lortzing ranks 62. Before him are Peter Cornelius (1824), Nicolaus Bruhns (1665), Ferdinand Hiller (1811), Wolfgang Wagner (1919), Hermann Abendroth (1883), and Carl Friedrich Zelter (1758). After him are Johann Kirnberger (1721), Johann Schein (1586), Ferdinand Ries (1784), Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (1716), Hugo Riemann (1849), and Carl Loewe (1796).

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