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Jakub Jan Ryba

1765 - 1815

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Jakub Šimon Jan Ryba (surname also Poisson, Peace, Ryballandini, Rybaville; 26 October 1765 – 8 April 1815) was a Czech teacher and composer of classical music. His most famous work is the Czech Christmas Mass "Hey, Master!" (Česká mše vánoční "Hej mistře!"). Ryba was born in Přeštice near Plzeň. His father was a schoolteacher, which was a very poorly paid occupation at the time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jakub Jan Ryba is the 1,334th most popular musician (down from 1,236th in 2019), the 596th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 560th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Czech Musician.

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Among musicians, Jakub Jan Ryba ranks 1,334 out of 3,175. Before him are Fazıl Say, Alan Wilson, Enrique Santos Discépolo, Sonny Stitt, Chris Barber, and Tor Aulin. After him are Veronika Dudarova, Ziggy Marley, Buckethead, India Arie, D. H. Peligro, and Steve Stevens.

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Among people born in 1765, Jakub Jan Ryba ranks 33. Before him are Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, James Ivory, Petrobey Mavromichalis, Antonio Nariño, Sylvestre François Lacroix, and Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage. After him are James Smithson, Henry Thomas Colebrooke, and Daniel Steibelt. Among people deceased in 1815, Jakub Jan Ryba ranks 32. Before him are Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, Carl Johan Adlercreutz, Francesco Bartolozzi, William Roxburgh, Johann Peter Salomon, and William Nicholson. After him are Benjamin Smith Barton, George Montagu, Thomas Picton, and Peter the Aleut.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Jakub Jan Ryba ranks 596 out of 1,200. Before him are Ladislav Klíma (1878), Edmund Reitter (1845), Egon Bondy (1930), Milan Máčala (1943), Petr Nečas (1964), and Karel Kachyňa (1924). After him are Alfred Roller (1864), Ivan Olbracht (1882), Jaroslav Holík (1942), John Neumann (1811), Eliška Krásnohorská (1847), and Martin Frič (1902).

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Among MUSICIANS In Czechia

Among musicians born in Czechia, Jakub Jan Ryba ranks 17. Before him are Ivan Mládek (1942), Franz Konwitschny (1901), Eduard Nápravník (1839), Ignaz Brüll (1846), Alexander Dreyschock (1818), and Miroslav Vitouš (1947). After him are František Ondříček (1857), Ivan Král (1948), Rudolf Firkušný (1912), Karel Halíř (1859), Jaromír Nohavica (1953), and Josef Labor (1842).

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