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Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch

1736 - 1800

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Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch (1736–1800) was a German composer and harpsichordist. Born in Zerbst, he was the son of the composer Johann Friedrich Fasch. He was initially taught by his father. In 1756 he began service at the court of Frederick the Great of Prussia, where he served as deputy to Court harpsichordist C.P.E. Bach, whose post he attained when Bach left the court for Hamburg in 1767. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch is the 975th most popular composer (down from 587th in 2019), the 3,855th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,332nd in 2019) and the 145th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch ranks 975 out of 1,451. Before him are Ernst Toch, Ignaz Holzbauer, Tigran Chukhajian, Camargo Guarnieri, Allan Pettersson, and Julius Rietz. After him are Valentino Fioravanti, Friedrich Gernsheim, Arnold Mendelssohn, Miina Härma, Bojan Adamič, and Édouard Deldevez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1736, Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch ranks 21. Before him are Edward Waring, Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Johannes Nikolaus Tetens, Infanta Maria Ana Francisca of Portugal, Patrick Henry, and Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet. After him are Daniel Morgan, Juan Bautista de Anza, Carter Braxton, and Joseph Pickford. Among people deceased in 1800, Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch ranks 27. Before him are Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle, Koca Yusuf Pasha, Friedrich Gilly, Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, William Cowper, and Michael Denis. After him are Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, Margravine Philippine of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Victor Louis, John Rutledge, Jean-Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe, and Marc René, marquis de Montalembert.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch ranks 3,857 out of 7,253. Before him are Bernd Lucke (1962), Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury (1797), Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient (1804), Kurt Blome (1894), Duke Christian Louis of Mecklenburg (1912), and Julius Rietz (1812). After him are Tatjana Patitz (1966), Friedrich Gernsheim (1839), Richard Heidrich (1896), Peter Carsten (1928), Ferdinand Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Baden (1625), and Joseph Keilberth (1908).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch ranks 145. Before him are Emil von Sauer (1862), Ramin Djawadi (1974), Franz Tunder (1614), Hans von Koessler (1853), Felix Draeseke (1835), and Julius Rietz (1812). After him are Friedrich Gernsheim (1839), Princess Amalie of Saxony (1794), Friedrich Silcher (1789), Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg (1718), Gustav Lange (1830), and Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse (1774).

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