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Johann Schein

1586 - 1630

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Johann Hermann Schein (20 January 1586 – 19 November 1630) was a German composer of the early Baroque era. He was Thomaskantor in Leipzig from 1615 to 1630. He was one of the first to import the early Italian stylistic innovations into German music, and was one of the most polished composers of the period. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Schein is the 433rd most popular composer (down from 341st in 2019), the 1,751st most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,366th in 2019) and the 64th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Johann Schein ranks 433 out of 1,451. Before him are Francesco Cilea, Franz Schmidt, Federico Mompou, Carl Friedrich Zelter, Albert Lortzing, and Johann Kirnberger. After him are Yo-Yo Ma, Ethel Smyth, Ferdinand Ries, William Walton, Leopold Koželuch, and Alexandre Guilmant.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1586, Johann Schein ranks 7. Before him are Rose of Lima, Leopold V, Archduke of Austria, Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia, Johannes Valentinus Andreae, Pietro Della Valle, and Francesco IV Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua. After him are Pau Claris i Casademunt, Jan Wildens, Niccolò Zucchi, Théophraste Renaudot, Louis Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Montbéliard, and John Ford. Among people deceased in 1630, Johann Schein ranks 8. Before him are Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquess of Balbases, Fede Galizia, Henry Briggs, Yuan Chonghuan, and Agrippa d'Aubigné. After him are Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, Gioachino Greco, Esaias van de Velde, Akile Hatun, Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza, and Yamada Nagamasa.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Schein ranks 1,751 out of 7,253. Before him are Karl von Piloty (1826), Conrad Veidt (1893), Christian Morgenstern (1871), Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link (1767), Monika Ertl (1937), and Ulay (1943). After him are Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1579), Leonhart Fuchs (1501), Johann Nepomuk Maelzel (1772), Constantin von Tischendorf (1815), Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt (1761), and Ferdinand Ries (1784).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Johann Schein ranks 64. Before him are Ferdinand Hiller (1811), Wolfgang Wagner (1919), Hermann Abendroth (1883), Carl Friedrich Zelter (1758), Albert Lortzing (1801), and Johann Kirnberger (1721). After him are Ferdinand Ries (1784), Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (1716), Hugo Riemann (1849), Carl Loewe (1796), Christoph Graupner (1683), and Simon Mayr (1763).

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