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Christian Cannabich

1731 - 1798

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Johann Christian Innocenz Bonaventura Cannabich (28 December 1731 (bapt.) – 20 January 1798), was a German violinist, composer, and Kapellmeister of the Classical era. A composer of some 200 works, he continued the legacy of Johann Stamitz and helped turn the Mannheim orchestra into what Charles Burney described as "the most complete and best disciplined in Europe.". The orchestra was particularly noted for the carefully graduated crescendos and diminuendos characteristic of the Mannheim school. Together with Stamitz and the other composers of the Mannheim court, he helped develop the orchestral texture that paved the way for the orchestral treatment of the First Viennese School. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christian Cannabich is the 811th most popular composer (down from 743rd in 2019), the 3,231st most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,964th in 2019) and the 121st most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Christian Cannabich ranks 811 out of 1,451. Before him are Junkie XL, Peter Benoit, Robert Gerhard, Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens, Nikos Skalkottas, and Korla Awgust Kocor. After him are Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, York Bowen, Johann Krieger, Nobuo Uematsu, Francesco Feo, and Guy Ropartz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1731, Christian Cannabich ranks 13. Before him are Samuel Huntington, Marcello Bacciarelli, Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron, Maria Fortunata d'Este, Ove Høegh-Guldberg, and Gaetano Pugnani. After him are Louis Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, William Cowper, Dirk van der Aa, Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt, Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Robert Treat Paine. Among people deceased in 1798, Christian Cannabich ranks 20. Before him are Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder, Johann Reinhold Forster, Yuan Mei, Infanta María Amalia of Spain, Antoine de Chézy, and Gaetano Pugnani. After him are François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, Laurynas Gucevičius, Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, 10th Count of Aranda, John Fitch, Thomas Pennant, and Karl Wilhelm Ramler.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Christian Cannabich ranks 3,233 out of 7,253. Before him are Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn (1809), Louis VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1658), Karl Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1712), Rainald of Dassel (1114), Catherine of Saxony, Archduchess of Austria (1468), and Grete Stern (1904). After him are John Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Coburg (1564), Meryem Uzerli (1983), Johann Jakob Heckel (1790), Alexander Zverev (1997), Ernst-Günther Baade (1897), and Walter Krüger (1892).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Christian Cannabich ranks 121. Before him are Franz Lachner (1803), Johann Rosenmüller (1619), Johann Baptist Cramer (1771), Johann Melchior Molter (1696), Wolfgang Rihm (1952), and Moritz Hauptmann (1792). After him are Johann Krieger (1651), Julius Röntgen (1855), Heinrich Scheidemann (1596), Johann Walter (1496), Heinrich Bach (1615), and Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905).

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