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Johann Gottlieb Goldberg

1727 - 1756

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Johann Gottlieb Goldberg (German: [ˈɡɔltbɛɐ̯k]; baptized 14 March 1727 – 13 April 1756) was a German virtuoso harpsichordist, organist, and composer of the late Baroque and early Classical period. He is best known for lending his name, as the probable original performer, to the renowned Goldberg Variations of J. S. Bach. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Gottlieb Goldberg is the 727th most popular composer (down from 608th in 2019), the 606th most popular biography from Poland (down from 515th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Polish Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Johann Gottlieb Goldberg ranks 727 out of 1,451. Before him are Alberto Iglesias, Anton Schindler, Giaches de Wert, Mieczysław Karłowicz, Bartolomeo Tromboncino, and Otakar Ševčík. After him are Heinrich Sutermeister, Antonio Rosetti, Ferdinand David, Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, Andreas Werckmeister, and John Stanley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1727, Johann Gottlieb Goldberg ranks 23. Before him are Tommaso Traetta, Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne, James Wolfe, Philibert Commerson, and Horatio Gates. After him are Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Gobel, François-Hubert Drouais, Ivan Shuvalov, Ignaz Schiffermüller, Peter Woulfe, and Andrew Planche. Among people deceased in 1756, Johann Gottlieb Goldberg ranks 8. Before him are Jacques Cassini, Riccardo Broschi, Şehsuvar Sultan, Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis, Theodore of Corsica, and Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. After him are Giacomo Antonio Perti, Princess Louise of Denmark, Olof Celsius, and Alivardi Khan.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Johann Gottlieb Goldberg ranks 606 out of 1,694. Before him are Aleksander Wolszczan (1946), Joachim Lelewel (1786), Xaver Scharwenka (1850), Moses Isserles (1520), Tadeusz Różewicz (1921), and Rafał Trzaskowski (1972). After him are Sholem Asch (1880), Mieczysław Rakowski (1926), Michael O. Rabin (1931), Władysław Czartoryski (1828), Krzysztof Wielicki (1950), and Szymon Winawer (1838).

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Among COMPOSERS In Poland

Among composers born in Poland, Johann Gottlieb Goldberg ranks 23. Before him are Johann Schobert (1720), Franz Waxman (1906), Wolfgang Schmieder (1901), Karol Lipiński (1790), Andrzej Panufnik (1914), and Zbigniew Preisner (1955). After him are Josef Tal (1910), Krzysztof Komeda (1931), Carl Schuricht (1880), Salomon Jadassohn (1831), Arnold Mendelssohn (1855), and Wacław of Szamotuły (1520).

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