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Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg

1718 - 1795

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Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg (21 November 1718 – 22 May 1795) was a German music critic, music theorist and composer. Described as "one of Germany's leading mid[18th-]century music critics," he was friendly and active with many figures of the Enlightenment. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg is the 1,003rd most popular composer (down from 681st in 2019), the 3,954th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,719th in 2019) and the 149th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg ranks 1,003 out of 1,451. Before him are Attilio Ariosti, Harrison Birtwistle, Zacharia Paliashvili, Matthew Locke, William Christie, and Wacław of Szamotuły. After him are Trevor Jones, Vasily Safonov, Mykhailo Verbytskyi, Artur Kapp, Jón Leifs, and Hermann Goetz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1718, Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg ranks 20. Before him are John Canton, Antoine de Chézy, Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix, William Hunter, and Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht. After him are Israel Putnam, John Roebuck, Elizabeth Montagu, Hugh Blair, and Salabat Jung. Among people deceased in 1795, Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg ranks 30. Before him are Francisco Bayeu y Subías, Grigory Shelikhov, Louis Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, Ranieri de' Calzabigi, and Maruyama Ōkyo. After him are Johan Henric Kellgren, William Bradford, Eugenio Espejo, Ivan Betskoy, and Josiah Bartlett.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg ranks 3,956 out of 7,253. Before him are Michel Auclair (1922), Prince Ludwig of Bavaria (1913), Thomas Berthold (1964), Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen (1762), Blixa Bargeld (1959), and Balthasar Permoser (1651). After him are Halet Çambel (1916), Wolfgang Nordwig (1943), Karoline von Günderrode (1780), Caspar Peucer (1525), Francesca Lebrun (1756), and Friedrich Paulsen (1846).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg ranks 149. Before him are Felix Draeseke (1835), Julius Rietz (1812), Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch (1736), Friedrich Gernsheim (1839), Princess Amalie of Saxony (1794), and Friedrich Silcher (1789). After him are Gustav Lange (1830), Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse (1774), Johann Adolf Scheibe (1708), Johann Theile (1646), Frederick Loewe (1901), and Eduard Künneke (1885).

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