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Simon Mayr

1763 - 1845

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Johann(es) Simon Mayr (also spelled Majer, Mayer, Maier), also known in Italian as Giovanni Simone Mayr or Simone Mayr (14 June 1763 – 2 December 1845), was a German composer. His music reflects the transition from the Classical to the Romantic musical era. In 1805 he founded the Bergamo Conservatory. He was an early inspiration to Rossini and Meyerbeer and taught and advocated for Donizetti. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Simon Mayr is the 454th most popular composer (up from 488th in 2019), the 1,830th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,915th in 2019) and the 70th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Simon Mayr ranks 454 out of 1,451. Before him are Carl Loewe, John Blow, Antonio de Cabezón, Pierre de la Rue, Bruno Maderna, and Christoph Graupner. After him are Ariel Ramírez, Stefano Landi, Alfred Einstein, Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy, Heinrich Marschner, and Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1763, Simon Mayr ranks 19. Before him are Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen, Xavier de Maistre, Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, Franz Danzi, Joseph Fesch, and Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden. After him are Étienne Méhul, John Jacob Astor, Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Pierre Gaspard Chaumette, Hugues-Bernard Maret, duc de Bassano, and François-Joseph Talma. Among people deceased in 1845, Simon Mayr ranks 14. Before him are Wazir Akbar Khan, Henrik Wergeland, Nicolas Théodore de Saussure, Bernardino Rivadavia, Louis-Léopold Boilly, and Isabella Colbran. After him are Roustam Raza, Nils Gabriel Sefström, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia, Zaman Shah Durrani, Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach, and Jónas Hallgrímsson.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Simon Mayr ranks 1,830 out of 7,253. Before him are Lothar von Trotha (1848), Armin Meiwes (1961), Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel (1789), Carl Ludwig Blume (1796), Louis VI, Elector Palatine (1539), and Christoph Graupner (1683). After him are Alfred Einstein (1880), Horst Seehofer (1949), Dieter Rams (1932), Heinrich Marschner (1795), Hans Langsdorff (1894), and Joos van Cleve (1485).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Simon Mayr ranks 70. Before him are Johann Schein (1586), Ferdinand Ries (1784), Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (1716), Hugo Riemann (1849), Carl Loewe (1796), and Christoph Graupner (1683). After him are Alfred Einstein (1880), Heinrich Marschner (1795), Joseph Martin Kraus (1756), Friedrich von Flotow (1812), Johann Gottfried Walther (1684), and Adolf von Henselt (1814).

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