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Samuel Scheidt

1587 - 1654

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Samuel Scheidt (baptized 3 November 1587 – 24 March 1654) was a German composer, organist and teacher of the early Baroque era. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel Scheidt is the 353rd most popular composer (up from 358th in 2019), the 1,376th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,465th in 2019) and the 50th most popular German Composer.

Samuel Scheidt is most famous for his work in the development of the modern keyboard. He also wrote a book on music theory and composed many compositions for organ, harpsichord, and clavichord.

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Among composers, Samuel Scheidt ranks 353 out of 1,451. Before him are Germaine Tailleferre, Riccardo Broschi, Michel Richard Delalande, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Hugo Alfvén, and Mieczysław Weinberg. After him are Jan Ladislav Dussek, Rodolphe Kreutzer, Willem Mengelberg, Hans Richter, Anatoly Lyadov, and Hans Werner Henze.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1587, Samuel Scheidt ranks 6. Before him are Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy, Francesca Caccini, Joost van den Vondel, Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, and Jan Pieterszoon Coen. After him are Stefano Landi, Esaias van de Velde, Virginia Centurione Bracelli, Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Magdalene of Bavaria, and Johannes Fabricius. Among people deceased in 1654, Samuel Scheidt ranks 8. Before him are Axel Oxenstierna, Alessandro Algardi, Carel Fabritius, Emperor Go-Kōmyō, Paulus Potter, and Johannes Valentinus Andreae. After him are İslâm III Giray, Peter Claver, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, Jacques Lemercier, Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler, and Matei Basarab.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Samuel Scheidt ranks 1,376 out of 7,253. Before him are Max Hoffmann (1869), Gerda Christian (1913), Hans Baur (1897), Bernt Notke (1435), Sophia of Bavaria (1376), and Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg (1817). After him are Vasily Radlov (1837), Erika Mann (1905), Wilhelm Stuckart (1902), Henry IV, Duke of Saxony (1473), Herschel Grynszpan (1921), and Gerberga of Saxony (913).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Samuel Scheidt ranks 50. Before him are Johann Jakob Froberger (1616), Johann Mattheson (1681), Johann Kuhnau (1660), Johann Georg Pisendel (1687), Johann van Beethoven (1740), and Klaus Schulze (1947). After him are Hans Werner Henze (1926), Hans Leo Hassler (1564), Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748), Karl Richter (1926), Carl Heinrich Graun (1704), and Peter Cornelius (1824).

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