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Ferdinand Ries

1784 - 1838

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Ferdinand Ries (baptised 28 November 1784 – 13 January 1838) was a German composer. Ries was a friend, pupil and secretary of Ludwig van Beethoven. He composed eight symphonies, a violin concerto, nine piano concertos (the first concerto is not published), three operas, and numerous other works, including 26 string quartets. In 1838 he published a collection of reminiscences of his teacher Beethoven, co-written with Beethoven's friend, Franz Wegeler. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ferdinand Ries is the 436th most popular composer (down from 422nd in 2019), the 1,757th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,682nd in 2019) and the 65th most popular German Composer.

Ferdinand Ries is most famous for being the first person to write a biography of Beethoven in 1838.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Ferdinand Ries ranks 436 out of 1,451. Before him are Carl Friedrich Zelter, Albert Lortzing, Johann Kirnberger, Johann Schein, Yo-Yo Ma, and Ethel Smyth. After him are William Walton, Leopold Koželuch, Alexandre Guilmant, Vladimir Cosma, Agostino Steffani, and Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1784, Ferdinand Ries ranks 24. Before him are Friedrich Kalkbrenner, Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest, Peter von Cornelius, Duchess Charlotte Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, and Dionisio Aguado y García. After him are Fructuoso Rivera, Moses Montefiore, Louise Lehzen, Sándor Kőrösi Csoma, Thomas Robert Bugeaud, and Friedrich Graf von Wrangel. Among people deceased in 1838, Ferdinand Ries ranks 15. Before him are Ivan Kotliarevsky, Bernard Courtois, Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest, Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy, Frédéric Cuvier, and Johann Nepomuk Maelzel. After him are Hussein Dey, Bernhard Crusell, René Caillié, Charles Percier, Heinrich Marx, and Black Hawk.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ferdinand Ries ranks 1,757 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Schein (1586), Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1579), Leonhart Fuchs (1501), Johann Nepomuk Maelzel (1772), Constantin von Tischendorf (1815), and Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt (1761). After him are Eugen Jochum (1902), Christian Friedrich Hebbel (1813), Hans Burgkmair (1473), August Sander (1876), Kathrine Switzer (1947), and Gottfried John (1942).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Ferdinand Ries ranks 65. Before him are Wolfgang Wagner (1919), Hermann Abendroth (1883), Carl Friedrich Zelter (1758), Albert Lortzing (1801), Johann Kirnberger (1721), and Johann Schein (1586). After him are Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (1716), Hugo Riemann (1849), Carl Loewe (1796), Christoph Graupner (1683), Simon Mayr (1763), and Alfred Einstein (1880).

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