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Carl Friedrich Zelter

1758 - 1832

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Carl Friedrich Zelter (11 December 1758 – 15 May 1832) was a German composer, conductor and teacher of music. Working in his father's bricklaying business, Zelter attained mastership in that profession, and was a musical autodidact. Zelter was born and died in Berlin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Friedrich Zelter has received more than 88,120 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Friedrich Zelter is the 516th most popular composer (down from 480th in 2019), the 2,029th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,830th in 2019) and the 78th most popular German Composer.

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  • 56.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Carl Friedrich Zelter ranks 516 out of 1,451. Before him are Joachim Raff, Giuseppe Gazzaniga, Christian Sinding, Alexandre Guilmant, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, and Carmine Coppola. After him are Danny Elfman, Jacob Clemens non Papa, Francesco Maria Veracini, Curt Sachs, Sebastián Iradier, and Manos Hatzidakis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1758, Carl Friedrich Zelter ranks 17. Before him are Franz Joseph Gall, Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy, Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, Osman Pazvantoğlu, and Carle Vernet. After him are 8th Dalai Lama, Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco, Sin Yun-bok, Ryōkan, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, and Jean Joseph Mounier. Among people deceased in 1832, Carl Friedrich Zelter ranks 20. Before him are Archduchess Marie Caroline of Austria, Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Sardinia, Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, Camillo Borghese, 6th Prince of Sulmona, Franz Xaver von Zach, and Jean Maximilien Lamarque. After him are Manuel García, Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat, Ghazi Muhammad, Princess Maria Anna of Saxony, Aleksander Orłowski, and John Leslie.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carl Friedrich Zelter ranks 2,029 out of 7,253. Before him are John III, Duke of Cleves (1490), William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1532), Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link (1767), Henry XVI, Duke of Bavaria (1386), Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1778), and Wilhelm Ackermann (1896). After him are Wilhelm Dörpfeld (1853), Handrij Zejler (1804), Rudolph Goclenius (1547), Anna of Brandenburg (1487), Kai Hansen (1963), and Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse (1244).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Carl Friedrich Zelter ranks 78. Before him are Albert Lortzing (1801), Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach (1759), Johann Kirnberger (1721), Simon Mayr (1763), Franz Abt (1819), and Peter Cornelius (1824). After him are Curt Sachs (1881), Fredrik Pacius (1809), Johann Christoph Bach (1671), Gershon Kingsley (1922), Hermann Abendroth (1883), and Johann Crüger (1598).

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