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Franz Xaver Gruber

1787 - 1863

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Franz Xaver Gruber (25 November 1787 – 7 June 1863) was an Austrian primary school teacher, church organist and composer in the village of Arnsdorf, who is best known for composing the music to "Stille Nacht" ("Silent Night"). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franz Xaver Gruber is the 282nd most popular composer (down from 256th in 2019), the 270th most popular biography from Austria (down from 253rd in 2019) and the 25th most popular Austrian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Franz Xaver Gruber ranks 282 out of 1,451. Before him are Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Henryk Górecki, Anton Reicha, Uzeyir Hajibeyov, György Kurtág, and Hanns Eisler. After him are Eduard Hanslick, Anton Arensky, Valentyn Sylvestrov, Jacques Ibert, Reynaldo Hahn, and Emmanuel Chabrier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1787, Franz Xaver Gruber ranks 11. Before him are Shaka, François Guizot, Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Prince William of Hesse-Kassel, Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este, and Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz. After him are Guillaume Henri Dufour, Edmund Kean, Otto von Kotzebue, Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov, Nils Gabriel Sefström, and Ludwig Uhland. Among people deceased in 1863, Franz Xaver Gruber ranks 11. Before him are Frederick VII of Denmark, William Makepeace Thackeray, Sa'id of Egypt, Horace Vernet, Jakob Steiner, and Alfred de Vigny. After him are Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel, Giovanni Battista Amici, Auguste Bravais, Archduke Maximilian of Austria-Este, Solomon Northup, and Natalia Pushkina.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Franz Xaver Gruber ranks 270 out of 1,424. Before him are Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739), Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria (1866), Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma (1893), Clemence of Austria (1262), Udo Jürgens (1934), and Leopold Berchtold (1863). After him are Thomas Klestil (1932), Walter Kohn (1923), Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick (1887), Clemens Krauss (1893), Joseph Johann Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein (1690), and Karl-Maria Kertbeny (1824).

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Among COMPOSERS In Austria

Among composers born in Austria, Franz Xaver Gruber ranks 25. Before him are Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736), Ludwig Minkus (1826), Franz Xaver Süssmayr (1766), Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871), Joseph Lanner (1801), and Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739). After him are Clemens Krauss (1893), Ludwig Ritter von Köchel (1800), Max Steiner (1888), Ernst Krenek (1900), Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy (1714), and Robert Stolz (1880).

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