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Franz Xaver Süssmayr

1766 - 1803

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Franz Xaver Süssmayr or Süßmayr (Austrian German: [frants ˈksaːvɐ ˈsyːsmaɪɐ]; 1766 – September 17, 1803), also anglicized as Suessmayr, was an Austrian composer and conductor. Popular in his day, he is now known primarily as the composer who completed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's unfinished Requiem. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franz Xaver Süssmayr is the 227th most popular composer (up from 280th in 2019), the 219th most popular biography from Austria (up from 286th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Austrian Composer.

Franz Xaver Süssmayr is most famous for finishing Mozart's Requiem.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Franz Xaver Süssmayr ranks 227 out of 1,451. Before him are Eugène Ysaÿe, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Andrea Gabrieli, Ludwig Minkus, Fromental Halévy, and Benedetto Marcello. After him are Lili Boulanger, Philippe de Vitry, Ernest Bloch, Ernest Chausson, Jacob Clemens non Papa, and Scott Joplin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1766, Franz Xaver Süssmayr ranks 9. Before him are Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Germaine de Staël, Charlotte, Princess Royal, Emmanuel de Grouchy, marquis de Grouchy, Nikolay Karamzin, and Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu. After him are William Hyde Wollaston, Johanna Schopenhauer, José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Maine de Biran, Rodolphe Kreutzer, and Dominique Jean Larrey. Among people deceased in 1803, Franz Xaver Süssmayr ranks 6. Before him are Johann Gottfried Herder, Toussaint Louverture, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Louis I of Etruria, and Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock. After him are Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia, Cardinal de Rohan, Vittorio Alfieri, Ercole III d'Este, Duke of Modena, and Ami Argand.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Franz Xaver Süssmayr ranks 219 out of 1,424. Before him are Anton Diabelli (1781), Leopold Joseph von Daun (1705), Franz Grillparzer (1791), Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736), Ludwig Minkus (1826), and Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria (1692). After him are Maria Theresa of Austria (1801), Maria Anna of Austria (1683), Albert VI, Archduke of Austria (1418), Georg von Peuerbach (1423), Miep Gies (1909), and Gerhard Berger (1959).

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Among COMPOSERS In Austria

Among composers born in Austria, Franz Xaver Süssmayr ranks 21. Before him are Émile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865), Michael Haydn (1737), Anna Maria Mozart (1720), Johann Joseph Fux (1660), Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736), and Ludwig Minkus (1826). After him are Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871), Joseph Lanner (1801), Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739), Franz Xaver Gruber (1787), Clemens Krauss (1893), and Ludwig Ritter von Köchel (1800).

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