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Dieterich Buxtehude

1637 - 1707

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Dieterich Buxtehude (German: [ˈdiːtəʁɪç bʊkstəˈhuːdə]; born Diderich Hansen Buxtehude, Danish: [ˈtiðˀəʁek ˈhænˀsn̩ pukstəˈhuːðə]; c. 1637 – 9 May 1707) was a Danish composer and organist of the Baroque period, whose works are typical of the North German organ school. As a composer who worked in various vocal and instrumental idioms, Buxtehude's style greatly influenced other composers, such as Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel. Buxtehude is considered one of the most important composers of the 17th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dieterich Buxtehude is the 66th most popular composer (down from 63rd in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Sweden and the most popular Swedish Composer.

Dieterich Buxtehude was a German organist and composer who is most famous for his organ compositions.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Dieterich Buxtehude ranks 66 out of 1,451. Before him are Charles Gounod, Anton Webern, Erik Satie, Gabriel Fauré, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, and Henry Purcell. After him are Carl Orff, Vangelis, Astor Piazzolla, Alessandro Scarlatti, Alexander Borodin, and François Couperin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1637, Dieterich Buxtehude ranks 1. After him are Jan Swammerdam, Anne Hyde, Bernardo Pasquini, Köprülüzade Fazıl Mustafa Pasha, Nicolas Catinat, Jan van der Heyden, Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Countess Henriette Catherine of Nassau, Anne Marie Martinozzi, Jacques Marquette, and Edmund Andros. Among people deceased in 1707, Dieterich Buxtehude ranks 1. After him are Aurangzeb, Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan, Muhammad Azam Shah, Shitao, Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Ahmad Khani, Jean Mabillon, Christoph Cellarius, Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and Willem van de Velde the Younger.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Dieterich Buxtehude ranks 29 out of 1,879. Before him are Ingvar Kamprad (1926), Gustaf V of Sweden (1858), Gustav I of Sweden (1496), Charles XV of Sweden (1826), Charles X Gustav of Sweden (1622), and Charles XIII of Sweden (1748). After him are Ingrid of Sweden (1910), Gustav III of Sweden (1746), Greta Garbo (1905), Manne Siegbahn (1886), Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden (1688), and Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (1778).

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Among COMPOSERS In Sweden

Among composers born in Sweden, Dieterich Buxtehude ranks 1. After him are Hugo Alfvén (1872), Princess Cecilia of Sweden (1807), Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871), Johan Helmich Roman (1694), Kurt Atterberg (1887), Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867), Allan Pettersson (1911), Lars-Erik Larsson (1908), Einar Englund (1916), Ture Rangström (1884), and Ludvig Norman (1831).

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