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Johann Adam Reincken

1643 - 1722

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Johann Adam Reincken (also Jan Adams, Jean Adam, Reinken, Reinkinck, Reincke, Reinicke, Reinike; baptized 10 December 1643 – 24 November 1722) was a Dutch/German organist and composer. He was one of the most important composers of the 17th century, a friend of Dieterich Buxtehude and a major influence on Johann Sebastian Bach; however, very few of his works survive to this day. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Adam Reincken is the 389th most popular composer (down from 325th in 2019), the 227th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 196th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Dutch Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Johann Adam Reincken ranks 389 out of 1,451. Before him are Christian Gottlob Neefe, Giovanni Bottesini, Joaquín Turina, André Jolivet, Cole Porter, and Jacobus Gallus. After him are Giovanni Legrenzi, Richard Rodgers, Charles Koechlin, Karl Richter, Henri Dutilleux, and Hans Pfitzner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1643, Johann Adam Reincken ranks 9. Before him are Afonso VI of Portugal, Charles V, Duke of Lorraine, Philippe, Chevalier de Lorraine, Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, and Alessandro Stradella. After him are Ilona Zrínyi, Jean Chardin, Henri Jules, Prince of Condé, Fran Krsto Frankopan, Jean-Baptiste Denys, and Bahadur Shah I. Among people deceased in 1722, Johann Adam Reincken ranks 8. Before him are Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Bartholomew Roberts, John Toland, Johann Kuhnau, and Pierre Varignon. After him are Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld, Adriaen van der Werff, Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins, Claude Gillot, Éléonore Desmier d'Olbreuse, and Countess Palatine Hedwig Elisabeth of Neuburg.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Johann Adam Reincken ranks 227 out of 1,646. Before him are Willem Blaeu (1571), Frank de Boer (1970), Jan Jongbloed (1940), Joop Zoetemelk (1946), Jaap Stam (1972), and Abe Lenstra (1920). After him are Patrick Kluivert (1976), Frederik Ruysch (1638), Adriaen de Vries (1556), Cornelis Johannes van Houten (1920), John Goodricke (1764), and Willem Kalf (1619).

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Among COMPOSERS In Netherlands

Among composers born in Netherlands, Johann Adam Reincken ranks 5. Before him are Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562), Jacob Clemens non Papa (1510), Gustav Leonhardt (1928), and Willem Mengelberg (1871). After him are Antonia Brico (1902), Jacob van Eyck (1590), Junkie XL (1967), Louis Andriessen (1939), Anthony van Hoboken (1887), Simeon ten Holt (1923), and Michel van der Aa (1970).

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