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Johann Heinrich Schmelzer

1620 - 1680

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Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (c. 1620–1623 – between 29 February and 20 March 1680) was an Austrian composer and violinist of the middle Baroque era. Almost nothing is known about his early years, but he seems to have arrived in Vienna during the 1630s, and remained composer and musician at the Habsburg court for the rest of his life. He enjoyed a close relationship with Emperor Leopold I, was ennobled by him, and rose to the rank of Kapellmeister in 1679. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Heinrich Schmelzer is the 549th most popular composer (down from 362nd in 2019), the 449th most popular biography from Austria (down from 337th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Austrian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer ranks 549 out of 1,451. Before him are Hans Swarowsky, Philippe Herreweghe, John Adams, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger, and Arno Babajanian. After him are Leo Brouwer, Karel Svoboda, Johann Strauss III, Péter Eötvös, Giacinto Scelsi, and Luigi Rossi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1620, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer ranks 10. Before him are Aelbert Cuyp, Avvakum, Pierre Puget, Jean Picard, Miklós Zrínyi, and Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars. After him are Nicholas Mercator, John Graunt, Isabella Leonarda, Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck, Abraham van Beijeren, and Masaniello. Among people deceased in 1680, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer ranks 22. Before him are Ivan Sirko, La Voisin, John George II, Elector of Saxony, Tokugawa Ietsuna, Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg, and John Eudes. After him are Per Brahe the Younger, Joachim Neander, Li Yu, Yun Hyu, Peter Lely, and Frans Post.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer ranks 449 out of 1,424. Before him are Hanns Albin Rauter (1895), René Spitz (1887), Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza (1907), Lotte Lenya (1898), Marisa Mell (1939), and Jack Unterweger (1951). After him are Erich von Tschermak (1871), Otto F. Kernberg (1928), Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger (1805), Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky (1897), Johann Strauss III (1866), and Annie Fischer (1914).

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Among COMPOSERS In Austria

Among composers born in Austria, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer ranks 34. Before him are Max Steiner (1888), Ernst Krenek (1900), Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy (1714), Robert Stolz (1880), Oscar Straus (1870), and Robert Fuchs (1847). After him are Johann Strauss III (1866), Hans Krása (1899), Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715), Carl Zeller (1842), Wilhelm Kienzl (1857), and Hans Rott (1858).

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