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Christoph Demantius

1567 - 1643

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Johann Christoph Demantius (15 December 1567 – 20 April 1643) was a German composer, music theorist, writer and poet. He was an exact contemporary of Monteverdi, and represented a transitional phase in German Lutheran music from the polyphonic Renaissance style to the early Baroque. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christoph Demantius is the 1,072nd most popular composer (down from 919th in 2019), the 557th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 446th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Czech Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Christoph Demantius ranks 1,072 out of 1,451. Before him are Eduard Künneke, Lorenzo Perosi, Nikolai Roslavets, Dave Stewart, Krešimir Baranović, and Lars-Erik Larsson. After him are Franco Faccio, Semen Hulak-Artemovsky, Yuri Shaporin, Hans Huber, Ferde Grofé, and Annibale Padovano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1567, Christoph Demantius ranks 19. Before him are Jacob van Heemskerck, Archduchess Margaret of Austria, John George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Arima Harunobu, Richard Burbage, and François d'Aguilon. After him are Thomas Nashe, and Thomas Campion. Among people deceased in 1643, Christoph Demantius ranks 17. Before him are Jean du Vergier de Hauranne, Herman Wrangel, Frang Bardhi, Tawaraya Sōtatsu, Countess Palatine Anna Maria of Neuburg, and Marco da Gagliano. After him is Anne Hutchinson.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Christoph Demantius ranks 557 out of 1,200. Before him are Josef Zeman (1915), Karel Mejta Sr (1928), Tomáš Ujfaluši (1978), Ferdinand Brokoff (1688), Karel Sabina (1813), and Vladimir Kulich (1956). After him are Géza Fejérváry (1833), Julius Zeyer (1841), Petr Eben (1929), František Škroup (1801), Jan Šrámek (1870), and Friedrich Reinitzer (1857).

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Among COMPOSERS In Czechia

Among composers born in Czechia, Christoph Demantius ranks 52. Before him are Leo Fall (1873), Jan Kalivoda (1801), Vilém Blodek (1834), Ralph Benatzky (1884), Johann Joseph Abert (1832), and Andreas Hammerschmidt (1611). After him are Petr Eben (1929), František Škroup (1801), Rudolf Friml (1879), Wenzel Müller (1767), August Wilhelm Ambros (1816), and Walter Susskind (1913).

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