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Joseph Martin Kraus

1756 - 1792

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Joseph Martin Kraus (20 June 1756 – 15 December 1792), was a German-Swedish composer in the Classical era who was born in Miltenberg am Main, Holy Roman Empire. He moved to Sweden at age 21, and died at the age of 36 in Stockholm. He has been referred to as "the Swedish Mozart", although his music is rarely performed today. He is best known for having been a sacred music composer, while his symphonic output was much higher than is extant today. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Martin Kraus is the 467th most popular composer (down from 447th in 2019), the 1,864th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,774th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Joseph Martin Kraus ranks 467 out of 1,451. Before him are Gabriel Pierné, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Pēteris Vasks, Ferenc Erkel, Jaufre Rudel, and Paul Bowles. After him are Friedrich von Flotow, Antonio Maria Abbatini, Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska, Étienne Méhul, Johann Gottfried Walther, and Alfredo Catalani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1756, Joseph Martin Kraus ranks 14. Before him are Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Aaron Burr, Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne, Louis Henri, Prince of Condé, and Jean-Baptiste Carrier. After him are Abbé Faria, Guillaume-Antoine Olivier, Wojciech Żywny, James Gillray, Ernst Chladni, and Federico Gravina. Among people deceased in 1792, Joseph Martin Kraus ranks 16. Before him are Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Tiradentes, and Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz. After him are Denis Fonvizin, Robert Adam, Jacques Cazotte, Nguyễn Huệ, Johann Andreas Stein, and Legall de Kermeur.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Joseph Martin Kraus ranks 1,864 out of 7,253. Before him are Ernest Mandel (1923), Carl Ludvig Engel (1778), Ralf Rangnick (1958), Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1679), Friedrich Rückert (1788), and Friedrich Kasimir Medikus (1736). After him are Pierre Littbarski (1960), Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (1568), Sahra Wagenknecht (1969), Regino of Prüm (842), Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria (1752), and Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach (1694).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Joseph Martin Kraus ranks 73. Before him are Hugo Riemann (1849), Carl Loewe (1796), Christoph Graupner (1683), Simon Mayr (1763), Alfred Einstein (1880), and Heinrich Marschner (1795). After him are Friedrich von Flotow (1812), Johann Gottfried Walther (1684), Adolf von Henselt (1814), Johann Crüger (1598), Fredrik Pacius (1809), and Johann Ludwig Bach (1677).

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