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Johann Joachim Quantz

1697 - 1773

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Johann Joachim Quantz (German: [kvants]; 30 January 1697 – 12 July 1773) was a German composer, flutist and flute maker of the late Baroque period. Much of his professional career was spent in the court of Frederick the Great, where he served as the king's flute teacher. Quantz composed hundreds of flute sonatas and concertos, and wrote On Playing the Flute, an influential treatise on flute performance. His works were known and appreciated by Bach, Haydn and Mozart. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Joachim Quantz is the 207th most popular composer (down from 198th in 2019), the 794th most popular biography from Germany (down from 774th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular German Composer.

Johann Joachim Quantz was a German composer and flutist. He is most famous for his book on the flute, Versuch einer Anweisung die Flöte traversiere zu spielen.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Johann Joachim Quantz ranks 207 out of 1,451. Before him are Witold Lutosławski, Johann Ambrosius Bach, Henry Mancini, Jordi Savall, Anna Maria Mozart, and Gilles Binchois. After him are Komitas, Vittorio Monti, Jacob Obrecht, Leonardo Vinci, Pauline Viardot, and Dmitry Bortniansky.

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Among people born in 1697, Johann Joachim Quantz ranks 5. Before him are Canaletto, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, William Hogarth, and Antoine François Prévost. After him are Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco, Jean-Marie Leclair, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Faustina Bordoni, Nicola Salvi, and Mahmud Hotak. Among people deceased in 1773, Johann Joachim Quantz ranks 3. Before him are Mustafa III, and Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia. After him are Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Anton Janša, Paisius of Hilendar, Ali Bey al-Kabir, Luigi Vanvitelli, Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Philibert Commerson, Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, and Stanisław Konarski.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Joachim Quantz ranks 794 out of 7,253. Before him are Erwin Bowien (1899), Marie of Hesse-Kassel (1767), Hermann of Reichenau (1013), Albert Speer (1934), Anthony of Saxony (1755), and Christina of Holstein-Gottorp (1573). After him are Otto Ohlendorf (1907), Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828), Peter Parler (1330), Albert Göring (1895), Andreas Baader (1943), and Jürgen Prochnow (1941).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Johann Joachim Quantz ranks 32. Before him are Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732), Max Reger (1873), Louis Spohr (1784), Johann Adolph Hasse (1699), Michael Praetorius (1571), and Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645). After him are Carl Reinecke (1824), Engelbert Humperdinck (1854), Carl Friedrich Abel (1723), Carl Stamitz (1745), Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria (1724), and Johann Christoph Bach (1671).

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