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Johann Caspar Kerll

1627 - 1693

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Johann Caspar Kerll (9 April 1627 – 13 February 1693) was a German Baroque composer and organist. He is also known as Kerl, Gherl, Giovanni Gasparo Cherll and Gaspard Kerle. Born in Adorf in the Electorate of Saxony as the son of an organist, Kerll showed outstanding musical abilities at an early age, and was taught by Giovanni Valentini, court Kapellmeister at Vienna. Kerll became one of the most acclaimed composers of his time, known both as a gifted composer and an outstanding teacher. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Caspar Kerll is the 628th most popular composer (up from 799th in 2019), the 2,529th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,163rd in 2019) and the 98th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Johann Caspar Kerll ranks 628 out of 1,451. Before him are Bálint Bakfark, Johann Ludwig Krebs, Wilhelm Stenhammar, Giuseppe Sammartini, Antonio Sacchini, and Isabella Leonarda. After him are Franz Waxman, Stephen Foster, Jean-Féry Rebel, Ludwig Senfl, Felip Pedrell, and Alex North.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1627, Johann Caspar Kerll ranks 14. Before him are Aşub Sultan, Landgravine Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel, Willem van Aelst, Petro Doroshenko, Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau, and Murad Giray. After him are John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Georg Eberhard Rumphius, Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi, John Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Rudolph Augustus, Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, and Jan de Bray. Among people deceased in 1693, Johann Caspar Kerll ranks 12. Before him are Willem Kalf, Nicolaes Maes, Odoardo Farnese, Hereditary Prince of Parma, John de Britto, Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, and Elisabeth Hevelius. After him are John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Maria van Oosterwijck, Laurent Cassegrain, Flavio Chigi, Willem van de Velde the Elder, and Claudio Coello.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Caspar Kerll ranks 2,530 out of 7,253. Before him are George, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1779), Helmuth Plessner (1892), Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck (1620), Paul Kummer (1834), Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1636), and Johannes Nikolaus Tetens (1736). After him are Christoph Schneider (1966), John Albert II (1590), Princess Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1713), Alexander Lippisch (1894), Johann Michael Bach (1648), and Otto Schott (1851).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Johann Caspar Kerll ranks 98. Before him are Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877), Johann Andreas Stein (1728), Helmut Lachenmann (1935), Franz Abt (1819), Gershon Kingsley (1922), and Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713). After him are Johann Friedrich Agricola (1720), Hermann Levi (1839), Herms Niel (1888), Anton Walter (1752), Georg Joseph Vogler (1749), and Curt Sachs (1881).

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