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Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

1739 - 1799

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Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (2 November 1739 – 24 October 1799) was an Austrian composer, violinist, and silvologist. He was a friend of both Haydn and Mozart. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf has received more than 196,339 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf is the 246th most popular composer (up from 256th in 2019), the 246th most popular biography from Austria (up from 258th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Austrian Composer.

Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf is most famous for his string quartets.

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  • 67.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf ranks 246 out of 1,451. Before him are Johann Adolph Hasse, Henryk Górecki, Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria, Albert Roussel, Alfred Schnittke, and Francesco Durante. After him are Otto Nicolai, Pierre Schaeffer, Jacques Ibert, Ambroise Thomas, Clemens Krauss, and Emmanuel Chabrier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1739, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf ranks 5. Before him are Grigory Potemkin, Charles-Henri Sanson, Maria Josepha of Bavaria, and Charles François Dumouriez. After him are Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber, George Clinton, Charles-François Lebrun, Johann Baptist Wanhal, Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Jean Chalgrin, and François Claude Amour, marquis de Bouillé. Among people deceased in 1799, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf ranks 15. Before him are Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Horace Bénédict de Saussure, Victoire of France, Heshen, Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria, and Étienne-Louis Boullée. After him are Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Jan Ingenhousz, Jean-Charles de Borda, Jean-François Marmontel, Johann Hedwig, and Barthélemy Catherine Joubert.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf ranks 246 out of 1,424. Before him are Ferdinand Piëch (1937), Otto Rank (1884), Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick (1887), Michael Hainisch (1858), Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1853), and Karl Lueger (1844). After him are Ludwig von Bertalanffy (1901), Othenio Abel (1875), Clemens Krauss (1893), Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (1892), Walter Nowotny (1920), and August Kubizek (1888).

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Among COMPOSERS In Austria

Among composers born in Austria, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf ranks 20. Before him are Michael Haydn (1737), Émile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865), Eduard Strauss (1835), Anna Maria Mozart (1720), Ludwig Minkus (1826), and Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871). After him are Clemens Krauss (1893), Franz Xaver Gruber (1787), Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736), Max Steiner (1888), Franz Xaver Süssmayr (1766), and Joseph Lanner (1801).

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