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Andreas Werckmeister

1645 - 1706

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Andreas Werckmeister (November 30, 1645 – October 26, 1706) was a German organist, music theorist, and composer of the Baroque era. He was responsible for a temperament that resulted in all tonalities sounding acceptable on the keyboard. This important step toward equal temperament was highly influential to the harmonic basis underlying much of subsequent Western music. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andreas Werckmeister is the 732nd most popular composer (down from 689th in 2019), the 2,950th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,753rd in 2019) and the 112th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Andreas Werckmeister ranks 732 out of 1,451. Before him are Otakar Ševčík, Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, Heinrich Sutermeister, Antonio Rosetti, Ferdinand David, and Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel. After him are John Stanley, Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Emil von Reznicek, Gabriel Yared, Joseph Jongen, and Sun Ra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1645, Andreas Werckmeister ranks 10. Before him are Jean de La Bruyère, William Penn, Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, Aert de Gelder, Francis I Rákóczi, and Anne Dacier. After him are Nicolas Lemery, Maria de Dominici, Eusebio Kino, Louis Jolliet, François de Troy, and Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin. Among people deceased in 1706, Andreas Werckmeister ranks 9. Before him are Peter II of Portugal, 6th Dalai Lama, Georg Joseph Kamel, Arsenije III Čarnojević, Rahman Baba, and Kimpa Vita. After him are Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, John Evelyn, Fyodor Alexeyevich Golovin, Ferdinand de Marsin, Tylman van Gameren, and Godfried Schalcken.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Andreas Werckmeister ranks 2,952 out of 7,253. Before him are Hermann Hankel (1839), Otto Rühle (1874), Erich Ribbeck (1937), Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1462), Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1897), and Alexander Kluge (1932). After him are Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal (1667), Hans von Kulmbach (1476), Hanns Martin Schleyer (1915), Heinrich Barkhausen (1881), Anton Flettner (1885), and Hugo Preuß (1860).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Andreas Werckmeister ranks 112. Before him are Tielman Susato (1500), Norbert Burgmüller (1810), Paul Ben-Haim (1897), Robert Volkmann (1815), Nannette Streicher (1769), and Ferdinand David (1810). After him are Aribert Reimann (1936), Matthias Weckmann (1619), Franz Lachner (1803), Johann Rosenmüller (1619), Johann Baptist Cramer (1771), and Johann Melchior Molter (1696).

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