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Andreas Hammerschmidt

1611 - 1675

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Andreas Hammerschmidt (1611 or 1612 – 29 October 1675) was a German Bohemian composer and organist of the early to middle Baroque era. He was one of the most significant and popular composers of sacred music in Germany in the middle 17th century. He was nicknamed the "Orpheus of Zittau". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andreas Hammerschmidt is the 992nd most popular composer (up from 1,021st in 2019), the 497th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 504th in 2019) and the 51st most popular Czech Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Andreas Hammerschmidt ranks 992 out of 1,451. Before him are Ivan Larionov, Nicola Piovani, José Vianna da Motta, Ivan Galamian, Johann Joseph Abert, and Ary Barroso. After him are Nikolai Zaremba, Balys Dvarionas, Friedrich Silcher, Arthur Benjamin, Attilio Ariosti, and Harrison Birtwistle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1611, Andreas Hammerschmidt ranks 21. Before him are Antonio de Pereda, Giancarlo de' Medici, James Harrington, Willem van de Velde the Elder, Magdalene of Nagasaki, and Henry Ireton. After him is Willem Piso. Among people deceased in 1675, Andreas Hammerschmidt ranks 21. Before him are Gaspard Dughet, Brynjólfur Sveinsson, Michael van Langren, Feodosia Morozova, Jacques Marquette, and Abraham van Diepenbeeck. After him are August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Domenico II Contarini, Valentin Conrart, and Cort Adeler.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Andreas Hammerschmidt ranks 497 out of 1,200. Before him are Joseph Johann von Littrow (1781), Vlastimil Bubník (1931), Vladimír Šmicer (1973), Petr Korda (1968), Johann Joseph Abert (1832), and Jaroslav Vrchlický (1853). After him are Zdeněk Zikán (1937), Ferdinand Albin Pax (1858), Jaroslav Bouček (1912), Julius Vincenz von Krombholz (1782), Daniela Hodrová (1946), and Alfred Neubauer (1891).

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Among COMPOSERS In Czechia

Among composers born in Czechia, Andreas Hammerschmidt ranks 51. Before him are Jaromír Weinberger (1896), Leo Fall (1873), Jan Kalivoda (1801), Vilém Blodek (1834), Ralph Benatzky (1884), and Johann Joseph Abert (1832). After him are Christoph Demantius (1567), Petr Eben (1929), František Škroup (1801), Rudolf Friml (1879), Wenzel Müller (1767), and August Wilhelm Ambros (1816).

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