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Johann David Heinichen

1683 - 1729

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Johann David Heinichen (17 April 1683 – 16 July 1729) was a German Baroque composer and music theorist who brought the musical genius of Venice to the court of Augustus II the Strong in Dresden. After he died, Heinichen's music attracted little attention for many years. As a music theorist, he is credited as one of the inventors of the circle of fifths. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann David Heinichen is the 556th most popular composer (up from 590th in 2019), the 2,181st most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,340th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Johann David Heinichen ranks 556 out of 1,451. Before him are Leo Brouwer, Karel Svoboda, Johann Strauss III, Péter Eötvös, Giacinto Scelsi, and Luigi Rossi. After him are Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Franz Doppler, Conradin Kreutzer, Hermann Scherchen, Johann Gottlieb Naumann, and Louise Farrenc.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1683, Johann David Heinichen ranks 12. Before him are Maria Anna of Austria, 6th Dalai Lama, Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Gottfried Silbermann, Christoph Graupner, and John Theophilus Desaguliers. After him are Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Edward Young, Burkhard Christoph von Münnich, Antoine Pesne, Lorenz Heister, and Jonathan Wild. Among people deceased in 1729, Johann David Heinichen ranks 11. Before him are Jean Meslier, John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Alexander Danilovich Menshikov, Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach, and John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach. After him are Anthony Collins, Louis Antoine de Noailles, Ernst Ludwig II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, William Congreve, Torii Kiyonobu I, and Giacomo F. Maraldi.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann David Heinichen ranks 2,182 out of 7,253. Before him are William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1876), Uziel Gal (1923), Karl Baedeker (1801), Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (1776), Fritz Witt (1908), and Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg (1673). After him are William, Duke of Brunswick (1806), Adolphus Frederick III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1686), Heinrich von Brentano (1904), Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918), Heinrich von Plauen (1370), and Henrich Focke (1890).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Johann David Heinichen ranks 83. Before him are Johann Crüger (1598), Fredrik Pacius (1809), Johann Ludwig Bach (1677), Reinhard Keiser (1674), Friedrich Wieck (1785), and Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach (1759). After him are Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918), Conradin Kreutzer (1780), Hermann Scherchen (1891), Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741), Max Richter (1966), and Johann Nikolaus Forkel (1749).

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