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Melchior Vulpius

1570 - 1615

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Melchior Vulpius (c. 1570 in Wasungen – 7 August 1615 in Weimar) was a German singer and composer of church music. Vulpius came from a poor craftsman's family. He studied at the local school in Wasungen (in Thuringia) with Johannes Steuerlein. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Melchior Vulpius is the 1,168th most popular composer (up from 1,176th in 2019), the 4,632nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,666th in 2019) and the 171st most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Melchior Vulpius ranks 1,168 out of 1,451. Before him are John Wilbye, Ludomir Różycki, Henry Bishop, Antoine Duhamel, John Ireland, and Shirō Sagisu. After him are Errico Petrella, August Wilhelm Ambros, Jean Langlais, Jean Barraqué, Armand Amar, and Félicien David.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1570, Melchior Vulpius ranks 17. Before him are Kara Davud Pasha, Alessandro Salvio, Abraham Janssens, Tawaraya Sōtatsu, Salamone Rossi, and Philip, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp.  Among people deceased in 1615, Melchior Vulpius ranks 19. Before him are Pieter Both, Adriaan van Roomen, Sō Yoshitoshi, Marcantonio Memmo, ʽAbd al-Qadir Badayuni, and Lady Arbella Stuart.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Melchior Vulpius ranks 4,635 out of 7,253. Before him are Albrecht Becker (1906), Oskar von Miller (1855), Richard Schorr (1867), Ellen von Unwerth (1954), Rudolf Scharping (1947), and Otto Heckmann (1901). After him are Manfred Krug (1937), Burghart Klaußner (1949), Sigmund Haringer (1908), Andriy Taran (1955), Johann Faulhaber (1580), and Günter Kunert (1929).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Melchior Vulpius ranks 171. Before him are Oskar Sala (1910), Julius Benedict (1804), Jean Gilbert (1879), Lukas Foss (1922), Hauschka (1966), and Robert Franz (1815). After him are Ludwig Abeille (1761), Klaus Badelt (1967), Kurt Thomas (1904), Udo Zimmermann (1943), Samuel Adler (1928), and Alexander Goehr (1932).

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