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Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

1739 - 1799

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Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (2 November 1739 – 24 October 1799) was an Austrian composer and violinist. He was a friend of both Haydn and Mozart. His best-known works include the German singspiel Doktor und Apotheker and a number of programmatic symphonies based on Ovid's Metamorphoses. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf is the 276th most popular composer (down from 246th in 2019), the 264th most popular biography from Austria (down from 246th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Austrian Composer.

Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf is most famous for his string quartets.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf ranks 276 out of 1,451. Before him are Joseph Lanner, Howard Shore, Johann Christoph Bach, Friedrich Kuhlau, Steve Reich, and Miklós Rózsa. After him are Henryk Górecki, Anton Reicha, Uzeyir Hajibeyov, György Kurtág, Hanns Eisler, and Franz Xaver Gruber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1739, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf ranks 6. Before him are Grigory Potemkin, Maria Josepha of Bavaria, Charles-Henri Sanson, Charles François Dumouriez, and Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber. After him are Johann Baptist Wanhal, George Clinton, Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Charles-François Lebrun, Jean Chalgrin, and François Claude Amour, marquis de Bouillé. Among people deceased in 1799, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf ranks 14. Before him are Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Horace Bénédict de Saussure, Tipu Sultan, Victoire of France, Heshen, and Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria. After him are Jean-François Marmontel, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Jan Ingenhousz, Jean-Charles de Borda, Étienne-Louis Boullée, and Barthélemy Catherine Joubert.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf ranks 264 out of 1,424. Before him are Joseph Lanner (1801), Hans Hahn (1879), Oskar Potiorek (1853), Princess Alexandra of Hanover (1882), August Kubizek (1888), and Božena Němcová (1820). After him are Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria (1866), Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma (1893), Clemence of Austria (1262), Udo Jürgens (1934), Leopold Berchtold (1863), and Franz Xaver Gruber (1787).

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Among COMPOSERS In Austria

Among composers born in Austria, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf ranks 24. Before him are Johann Joseph Fux (1660), Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736), Ludwig Minkus (1826), Franz Xaver Süssmayr (1766), Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871), and Joseph Lanner (1801). After him are Franz Xaver Gruber (1787), Clemens Krauss (1893), Ludwig Ritter von Köchel (1800), Max Steiner (1888), Ernst Krenek (1900), and Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy (1714).

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