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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 181,292 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf is the 256th most popular composer (down from 237th in 2019), the 258th most popular biography from Austria (down from 232nd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Austrian Composer.

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

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf ranks 256 out of 1,216Before him are Friedrich Kuhlau, Franz Xaver Gruber, Albert Roussel, Jacques Ibert, Alessandro Stradella, and Johann Georg Albrechtsberger. After him are Irving Berlin, Niccolò Jommelli, Ernst von Dohnányi, Gioseffo Zarlino, Leonardo Vinci, and Ludwig Ritter von Köchel.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf ranks 258 out of 1,237Before him are Maria Altmann (1916), William, Duke of Austria (1370), Hermine Braunsteiner (1919), Koloman Moser (1868), Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736), and Karl Silberbauer (1911). After him are Ludwig Ritter von Köchel (1800), Katharina Schratt (1853), Max Steiner (1888), Max Perutz (1914), Thomas Klestil (1932), and Archduchess Eleanor of Austria (1534).

Among COMPOSERS In Austria

Among composers born in Austria, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf ranks 23Before him are Michael Haydn (1737), Ludwig Minkus (1826), Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871), Franz Xaver Süssmayr (1766), Franz Xaver Gruber (1787), and Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736). After him are Ludwig Ritter von Köchel (1800), Max Steiner (1888), Joseph Lanner (1801), Clemens Krauss (1893), Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy (1714), and Johann Joseph Fux (1660).