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Heinrich Marschner

1795 - 1861

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Heinrich August Marschner (16 August 1795 – 14 December 1861) was a German composer best known for his operas. He is considered to be the most important composer of German opera between Weber and Wagner. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heinrich Marschner is the 459th most popular composer (down from 435th in 2019), the 1,834th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,733rd in 2019) and the 72nd most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Heinrich Marschner ranks 459 out of 1,451. Before him are Christoph Graupner, Simon Mayr, Ariel Ramírez, Stefano Landi, Alfred Einstein, and Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy. After him are Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Gabriel Pierné, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Pēteris Vasks, Ferenc Erkel, and Jaufre Rudel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1795, Heinrich Marschner ranks 22. Before him are Ary Scheffer, Alexander Griboyedov, John William Polidori, Hadji Murad, Anselme Payen, and Vincent Pallotti. After him are Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, James Barry, Prince Karl Theodor of Bavaria, Johns Hopkins, Augustin Thierry, and Peter Andreas Hansen. Among people deceased in 1861, Heinrich Marschner ranks 21. Before him are Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Elisha Otis, Henri Murger, Lars Levi Laestadius, and Eugène de Mazenod. After him are Henry Gray, Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska, Jonas Furrer, Nikolay Dobrolyubov, Henri Mouhot, and Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heinrich Marschner ranks 1,834 out of 7,253. Before him are Louis VI, Elector Palatine (1539), Christoph Graupner (1683), Simon Mayr (1763), Alfred Einstein (1880), Horst Seehofer (1949), and Dieter Rams (1932). After him are Hans Langsdorff (1894), Joos van Cleve (1485), Friedrich Ebert Jr. (1894), Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1800), Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1735), and Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (1962).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Heinrich Marschner ranks 72. Before him are Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (1716), Hugo Riemann (1849), Carl Loewe (1796), Christoph Graupner (1683), Simon Mayr (1763), and Alfred Einstein (1880). After him are Joseph Martin Kraus (1756), Friedrich von Flotow (1812), Johann Gottfried Walther (1684), Adolf von Henselt (1814), Johann Crüger (1598), and Fredrik Pacius (1809).

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