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Andreas Hammerschmidt

1611 - 1675

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Andreas Hammerschmidt (1611 or 1612 – 29 October 1675) was a German Bohemian composer and organist of the early to middle Baroque era. He was one of the most significant and popular composers of sacred music in Germany in the middle 17th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andreas Hammerschmidt has received more than 47,829 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Andreas Hammerschmidt is the 1,021st most popular composer, the 504th most popular biography from Czechia and the 51st most popular Czech Composer.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.92

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Andreas Hammerschmidt ranks 1,021 out of 1,451. Before him are Victor Massé, Knut Nystedt, Brian Ferneyhough, Julius Reubke, Nikolai Roslavets, and Lorenzo Perosi. After him are Yuri Shaporin, Aulis Sallinen, Richard Addinsell, Karen Khachaturian, Robert Gerhard, and Vasily Safonov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1611, Andreas Hammerschmidt ranks 20. Before him are Magdalene of Nagasaki, James Harrington, Henry Ireton, Willem van de Velde the Elder, Giancarlo de' Medici, and Mary Dyer. After him are John Pell, and Willem Piso. Among people deceased in 1675, Andreas Hammerschmidt ranks 24. Before him are Jacques Marquette, August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Michael van Langren, Domenico II Contarini, and Cort Adeler. After him is Valentin Conrart.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Andreas Hammerschmidt ranks 504 out of 1,200. Before him are Olga Taussky-Todd (1906), Vladimír Šmicer (1973), Miroslav Ondříček (1934), Vera Ralston (1920), Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe (1873), and Ludvík Vaculík (1926). After him are Vladimír Špidla (1951), Karel Teige (1900), Zdeněk Mácal (1936), Antonín Švehla (1873), Hugo Haas (1901), and Miroslav Vitouš (1947).

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Among COMPOSERS In Czechia

Among composers born in Czechia, Andreas Hammerschmidt ranks 51. Before him are Václav Tomášek (1774), Anton Stamitz (1750), Jan Kalivoda (1801), Christoph Demantius (1567), Ralph Benatzky (1884), and August Wilhelm Ambros (1816). After him are Petr Eben (1929), Jaromír Weinberger (1896), František Škroup (1801), Rudolf Friml (1879), Vilém Blodek (1834), and Wenzel Müller (1767).

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