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Johann Nikolaus Forkel

1749 - 1818

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Johann Nikolaus Forkel (22 February 1749 – 20 March 1818) was a German musicologist and music theorist, generally regarded as among the founders of modern musicology. His publications include the two-volume Allgemeine Geschichte der Musik (General History of Music), among the first attempts at a history of Western music and the "ground-breaking music bibliography" Allgemeine Litteratur der Musik. He also authored Johann Sebastian Bach: His Life, Art, and Work, the first substantial survey on the life and works of Johann Sebastian Bach. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Nikolaus Forkel is the 571st most popular composer (up from 622nd in 2019), the 2,239th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,430th in 2019) and the 89th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Johann Nikolaus Forkel ranks 571 out of 1,451. Before him are Johannes Ciconia, Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Max Richter, Joseph Szigeti, William Boyce, and Alexandre Desplat. After him are Per Nørgård, Aloysia Weber, Alexandre Tansman, Dora Pejačević, Eleni Karaindrou, and Florian Leopold Gassmann.

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Among people born in 1749, Johann Nikolaus Forkel ranks 20. Before him are Abraham Gottlob Werner, Vittorio Alfieri, Alexander Radishchev, Martin Vahl, Levi Lincoln Sr., and Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois. After him are Georg Joseph Vogler, Charlotte Smith, Gertrud Elisabeth Mara, Charles James Fox, Christian August Lorentzen, and John Sims. Among people deceased in 1818, Johann Nikolaus Forkel ranks 23. Before him are Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé, Leopold Koželuch, Warren Hastings, Paul Revere, Marcello Bacciarelli, and Caspar Wessel. After him are Olof Swartz, Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Marie-Gabrielle Capet, Anne Vallayer-Coster, Herman Willem Daendels, and Nicolas Isouard.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Nikolaus Forkel ranks 2,240 out of 7,253. Before him are Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Brandenburg (1383), Max Richter (1966), Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1683), Kai Hansen (1963), Marianne Koch (1931), and Fritz Wepper (1941). After him are Heinz-Harald Frentzen (1967), Rolf Stommelen (1943), Adelbert Schulz (1903), Heinz Jost (1904), Wilhelm Peters (1815), and Johann Karl August Musäus (1735).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Johann Nikolaus Forkel ranks 89. Before him are Johann David Heinichen (1683), Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918), Conradin Kreutzer (1780), Hermann Scherchen (1891), Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741), and Max Richter (1966). After him are Aloysia Weber (1760), Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667), Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877), Johann Andreas Stein (1728), Helmut Lachenmann (1935), and Franz Abt (1819).

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