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Heinrich Scheidemann

1596 - 1663

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Heinrich Scheidemann (ca. 1595 – 1663) was a German organist and composer. He was the best-known composer for the organ in north Germany in the early to mid-17th century, and was an important forerunner of Dieterich Buxtehude and J.S. Bach. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heinrich Scheidemann is the 830th most popular composer (down from 769th in 2019), the 3,285th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,062nd in 2019) and the 124th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Heinrich Scheidemann ranks 830 out of 1,451. Before him are Giovanni Artusi, Emanuele d'Astorga, Krzysztof Komeda, Johann von Herbeck, Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský, and Harold Arlen. After him are Airat Ichmouratov, Eduard Artemyev, Egberto Gismonti, Friedrich Cerha, Michael Tippett, and George Crumb.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1596, Heinrich Scheidemann ranks 22. Before him are Jacob van Campen, Andreas Cellarius, Leonaert Bramer, Jean Bolland, Thomas de Keyser, and Ebba Brahe. After him are John Casimir, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Bertuccio Valier, and Jacobus Golius. Among people deceased in 1663, Heinrich Scheidemann ranks 9. Before him are Joseph of Cupertino, Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba, Princess Margaret Yolande of Savoy, William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern, and Giancarlo de' Medici. After him is Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heinrich Scheidemann ranks 3,287 out of 7,253. Before him are Princess Therese of Saxe-Altenburg (1836), Prince Frederick of Württemberg (1808), Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1646), Sigmar Gabriel (1959), Lily Braun (1865), and Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1819). After him are Enno III, Count of East Frisia (1563), Arnold Fanck (1889), Sibylle of Saxony (1515), Hermann Conring (1606), Hans Freudenthal (1905), and Princess Alexandra of Bavaria (1826).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Heinrich Scheidemann ranks 124. Before him are Johann Melchior Molter (1696), Wolfgang Rihm (1952), Moritz Hauptmann (1792), Christian Cannabich (1731), Johann Krieger (1651), and Julius Röntgen (1855). After him are Johann Walter (1496), Heinrich Bach (1615), Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905), Paul Lincke (1866), Vincent Lübeck (1654), and Julius Reubke (1834).

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