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Johann Crüger

1598 - 1662

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Johann Crüger (9 April 1598 – 23 February 1662) was a German composer of well-known hymns. He was also the editor of the most widely used Lutheran hymnal of the 17th century, Praxis pietatis melica. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Crüger is the 485th most popular composer (up from 551st in 2019), the 1,945th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,163rd in 2019) and the 77th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Johann Crüger ranks 485 out of 1,451. Before him are Paolo Tosti, Vicente Martín y Soler, Florent Schmitt, Fikret Amirov, Claudio Merulo, and Théodore Dubois. After him are André Messager, Danny Elfman, Giuseppe Sarti, Rikard Nordraak, Thomas Arne, and Gian Francesco Malipiero.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1598, Johann Crüger ranks 8. Before him are Francisco de Zurbarán, Bonaventura Cavalieri, François Mansart, Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Eleonora Gonzaga, and Maarten Tromp. After him are Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler, William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Michael van Langren, Daniele Crespi, Bartholomeus Breenbergh, and Chen Hongshou. Among people deceased in 1662, Johann Crüger ranks 9. Before him are Koxinga, Honoré II, Prince of Monaco, Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Alfonso IV d'Este, Duke of Modena, Zhu Youlang, and Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken. After him are Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria, William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Adriaen van de Venne, François le Métel de Boisrobert, Massasoit, and Henry Lawes.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Crüger ranks 1,945 out of 7,253. Before him are Heinz Hitler (1920), George Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1573), Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick (1714), Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1460), Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1713), and Ludolf von Alvensleben (1901). After him are George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1831), Violante Beatrice of Bavaria (1673), Johann Conrad Dippel (1673), Christoph I, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1453), Marie of Saxe-Altenburg (1818), and Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1785).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Johann Crüger ranks 77. Before him are Alfred Einstein (1880), Heinrich Marschner (1795), Joseph Martin Kraus (1756), Friedrich von Flotow (1812), Johann Gottfried Walther (1684), and Adolf von Henselt (1814). After him are Fredrik Pacius (1809), Johann Ludwig Bach (1677), Reinhard Keiser (1674), Friedrich Wieck (1785), Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach (1759), and Johann David Heinichen (1683).

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