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Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer

1656 - 1746

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Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (some authorities use the spelling Johann Kaspar Ferdinand Fischer) (c.1656 – August 27, 1746) was a German Baroque composer. Johann Nikolaus Forkel ranked Fischer as one of the best composers for keyboard of his day; however, partly due to the rarity of surviving copies of his music, his music is rarely heard today. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer is the 702nd most popular composer (up from 742nd in 2019), the 326th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 347th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Czech Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer ranks 702 out of 1,451. Before him are Tielman Susato, Orazio Vecchi, Riccardo Zandonai, Maxim Berezovsky, Norbert Burgmüller, and Johan Agrell. After him are Juan Bautista Cabanilles, Lee Konitz, Domenico Dragonetti, Carlos Seixas, Paul Ben-Haim, and Kurt Atterberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1656, Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer ranks 11. Before him are Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein, Nicolas de Largillière, Guillaume Dubois, and Robert de Cotte. After him are Ferdinand de Marsin, Guru Har Krishan, François Le Fort, and Johanna Magdalena of Saxe-Altenburg. Among people deceased in 1746, Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer ranks 11. Before him are Georg Wilhelm Steller, Francis Hutcheson, Nicolas de Largillière, Anna Leopoldovna, Domenico Alberti, and Moshe Chaim Luzzatto. After him are Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and John Peter Zenger.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer ranks 326 out of 1,200. Before him are Luboš Kohoutek (1935), Karel Ančerl (1908), František Tomášek (1899), Anne of Bavaria (1329), Ernst Weiss (1882), and Julius Francis, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (1641). After him are Rudolf Weigl (1883), Victor Kugler (1900), Count Gustav Kálnoky (1832), Alexander von Krobatin (1849), Josef Sudek (1896), and Károly Khuen-Héderváry (1849).

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Among COMPOSERS In Czechia

Among composers born in Czechia, Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer ranks 31. Before him are Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729), Pavel Haas (1899), Alois Hába (1893), František Brixi (1732), Oskar Nedbal (1874), and Paul Wranitzky (1756). After him are Adalbert Gyrowetz (1763), Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859), Václav Tomášek (1774), Anton Schindler (1795), Otakar Ševčík (1852), and Antonio Rosetti (1746).

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