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Jan Dismas Zelenka

1679 - 1745

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Jan Dismas Zelenka (16 October 1679 – 23 December 1745), baptised Jan Lukáš Zelenka was a Bohemian composer and musician of the Baroque period. His music is admired for its harmonic inventiveness and mastery of counterpoint. Zelenka was raised in Central Bohemia, educated in Prague and Vienna, and spent his professional life in Dresden. The greatest success during his career was the performance of the extensive composition Sub olea pacis et palma virtutis in the presence of the Emperor Charles VI, shortly after his coronation as king of Bohemia in 1723. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Dismas Zelenka is the 197th most popular composer (down from 170th in 2019), the 92nd most popular biography from Czechia (down from 77th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Czech Composer.

Jan Dismas Zelenka was a Czech composer and organist. He was most famous for his opera, "The Devil's Trill."

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Among composers, Jan Dismas Zelenka ranks 197 out of 1,451. Before him are Giovanni Bononcini, Dmitry Kabalevsky, Stanisław Moniuszko, Samuel Barber, Michael Praetorius, and Niccolò Piccinni. After him are Luigi Nono, Charles-Marie Widor, Johann Stamitz, Witold Lutosławski, Johann Ambrosius Bach, and Henry Mancini.

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Among people born in 1679, Jan Dismas Zelenka ranks 3. Before him are Christian Wolff, and Leopold, Duke of Lorraine. After him are Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma, Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Pierre Fauchard, Woodes Rogers, Jean François de Troy, Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst, Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Firmin Abauzit, and Pietro Filippo Scarlatti. Among people deceased in 1745, Jan Dismas Zelenka ranks 4. Before him are Jonathan Swift, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, and Robert Walpole. After him are Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, Ibrahim Muteferrika, Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Ernest Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Antoine Forqueray, Jean-Baptiste van Loo, François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, and Christian Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Jan Dismas Zelenka ranks 92 out of 1,200. Before him are Ludmila of Bohemia (860), Wenceslaus I of Bohemia (1205), Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (1531), Petr Pavel (1961), Victor Lustig (1890), and Josef Hoffmann (1870). After him are Henry of Bohemia (1265), Johann Stamitz (1717), Christoph Schönborn (1945), Alois Senefelder (1771), Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (1849), and Hans-Adam I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1662).

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Among COMPOSERS In Czechia

Among composers born in Czechia, Jan Dismas Zelenka ranks 6. Before him are Gustav Mahler (1860), Antonín Dvořák (1841), Bedřich Smetana (1824), Leoš Janáček (1854), and Bohuslav Martinů (1890). After him are Johann Stamitz (1717), Josef Mysliveček (1737), Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897), Josef Suk (1874), Anton Reicha (1770), and Eduard Hanslick (1825).

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