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Georg Muffat

1653 - 1704

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Georg Muffat (1 June 1653 – 23 February 1704) was a Baroque composer and organist. He is best known for the remarkably articulate and informative performance directions printed along with his collections of string pieces Florilegium Primum and Florilegium Secundum (First and Second Bouquets) in 1695 and 1698. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georg Muffat is the 421st most popular composer (down from 417th in 2019), the 1,810th most popular biography from France (up from 1,827th in 2019) and the 68th most popular French Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Georg Muffat ranks 421 out of 1,451. Before him are Maurice Duruflé, Ignaz Moscheles, Boris Lyatoshinsky, Georges Delerue, Mélanie Bonis, and Ferdinand Hiller. After him are Wolfgang Wagner, Hermann Abendroth, Elmer Bernstein, Zdeněk Fibich, Domenico Zipoli, and Francesco Cilea.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1653, Georg Muffat ranks 10. Before him are Muhammad Azam Shah, Claude Louis Hector de Villars, André-Hercule de Fleury, Prince George of Denmark, Claudia Felicitas of Austria, and Chikamatsu Monzaemon. After him are Maria Amalia of Courland, Caspar van Wittel, Carlo Ruzzini, Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Christine Wilhelmine of Hesse-Homburg, and Christian, Duke of Saxe-Eisenberg. Among people deceased in 1704, Georg Muffat ranks 7. Before him are John Locke, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Guillaume de l'Hôpital, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, and Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia. After him are Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark, Jean-Baptiste Denys, Charles Plumier, Isabella Leonarda, Selim I Giray, and John Charles, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen.

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In France

Among people born in France, Georg Muffat ranks 1,810 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Marie Guyau (1854), Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken (1721), Jean de Meun (1240), David d'Angers (1788), Prince Jean, Duke of Guise (1874), and Constant Troyon (1810). After him are Jacques-François Blondel (1705), Fulk I, Count of Anjou (870), Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon (1844), Henri Michel (1947), Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle (1775), and Pierre Cambronne (1770).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Georg Muffat ranks 68. Before him are Charles Koechlin (1867), Henri Dutilleux (1916), Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689), Maurice Duruflé (1902), Georges Delerue (1925), and Mélanie Bonis (1858). After him are Yo-Yo Ma (1955), Alexandre Guilmant (1837), Gabriel Pierné (1863), Jaufre Rudel (1125), Étienne Méhul (1763), and Florent Schmitt (1870).

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