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Christian Gottlob Neefe

1748 - 1798

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Christian Gottlob Neefe (German: [ˈneːfə]; 5 February 1748 – 28 January 1798) was a German opera composer and conductor. He was known as one of the first teachers of Ludwig van Beethoven. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christian Gottlob Neefe is the 383rd most popular composer (down from 336th in 2019), the 1,504th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,354th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular German Composer.

Christian Gottlob Neefe was a German composer and pianist. He was most famous for being the teacher of Ludwig van Beethoven.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Christian Gottlob Neefe ranks 383 out of 1,451Before him are Toru Takemitsu, Josef Rheinberger, Alexander Agricola, Louis Durey, Nikolai Medtner, and Ferdinando Carulli. After him are Giovanni Bottesini, Joaquín Turina, André Jolivet, Cole Porter, Jacobus Gallus, and Johann Adam Reincken.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1748, Christian Gottlob Neefe ranks 15Before him are Adam Weishaupt, Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, William V, Prince of Orange, Johann Friedrich Gmelin, Adamantios Korais, and Anders Sparrman. After him are Timur Shah Durrani, Benedict Joseph Labre, John Marshall, Petar I Petrović-Njegoš, Dominique, comte de Cassini, and Félix Vicq-d'Azyr. Among people deceased in 1798, Christian Gottlob Neefe ranks 12Before him are Tarrare, George Read, Rigas Feraios, George Vancouver, Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt, and Heraclius II of Georgia. After him are Edward Waring, Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder, Johann Reinhold Forster, Yuan Mei, Infanta María Amalia of Spain, and Antoine de Chézy.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Christian Gottlob Neefe ranks 1,504 out of 7,253Before him are Christian Friedrich Schönbein (1799), Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis (1860), Albert III, Duke of Bavaria (1401), Walter Dornberger (1895), Thomas Tuchel (1973), and Friedrich Kalkbrenner (1784). After him are Eduard Heine (1821), Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld (1921), Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1781), Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen (1671), Ernst von Weizsäcker (1882), and Princess Anna of Prussia (1836).

Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Christian Gottlob Neefe ranks 53Before him are Johann Georg Pisendel (1687), Johann van Beethoven (1740), Klaus Schulze (1947), Samuel Scheidt (1587), Hans Werner Henze (1926), and Hans Leo Hassler (1564). After him are Karl Richter (1926), Carl Heinrich Graun (1704), Peter Cornelius (1824), Nicolaus Bruhns (1665), Ferdinand Hiller (1811), and Wolfgang Wagner (1919).