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Johann Mattheson

1681 - 1764

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Johann Mattheson (28 September 1681 – 17 April 1764) was a German composer, critic, lexicographer and music theorist. His writings on the late Baroque and early Classical period were highly influential, specifically, "his biographical and theoretical works were widely disseminated and served as the source for all subsequent lexicographers and historians". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Mattheson is the 311th most popular composer (down from 263rd in 2019), the 1,164th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,043rd in 2019) and the 45th most popular German Composer.

Johann Mattheson was a German composer and music theorist who is most famous for his work in the field of music theory.

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Among composers, Johann Mattheson ranks 311 out of 1,451. Before him are Gustave Charpentier, Pierre De Geyter, Max Steiner, Niccolò Jommelli, Gustav Leonhardt, and Antonio Lotti. After him are Cipriano de Rore, Johann Kuhnau, Charles Ives, Thomas Tallis, Pietro Della Valle, and Georges Auric.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1681, Johann Mattheson ranks 4. Before him are Vitus Bering, Georg Philipp Telemann, and Hedvig Sophia of Sweden. After him are Theophan Prokopovich, Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Giulia Lama, and Henrietta Godolphin, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough. Among people deceased in 1764, Johann Mattheson ranks 8. Before him are Jean-Philippe Rameau, Ivan VI of Russia, William Hogarth, Christian Goldbach, Pietro Locatelli, and Jean-Marie Leclair. After him are Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Erik Pontoppidan, William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Francesco Algarotti, Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, and Picander.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Mattheson ranks 1,164 out of 7,253. Before him are Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1713), Gottlob Berger (1896), Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1597), Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (1868), Christoph Scheiner (1575), and Philip William, Elector Palatine (1615). After him are Dagmar of Bohemia (1186), Hans Reichenbach (1891), Hermann Goldschmidt (1802), Gertrude of Hohenberg (1225), Julius Richard Petri (1852), and John George, Elector of Brandenburg (1525).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Johann Mattheson ranks 45. Before him are Johann Christoph Bach (1642), Friedrich Kuhlau (1786), Hanns Eisler (1898), Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1709), Georg Böhm (1661), and Johann Jakob Froberger (1616). After him are Johann Kuhnau (1660), Johann Georg Pisendel (1687), Johann van Beethoven (1740), Klaus Schulze (1947), Samuel Scheidt (1587), and Hans Werner Henze (1926).

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