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Christian Gottlob Neefe

1748 - 1798

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Christian Gottlob Neefe (German: [ˈneːfə]; 5 February 1748 – 28 January 1798) was a German opera composer and conductor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christian Gottlob Neefe has received more than 140,178 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Christian Gottlob Neefe is the 336th most popular composer (down from 297th in 2019), the 1,354th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,162nd in 2019) and the 48th most popular German Composer.

Christian Gottlob Neefe was a German composer and pianist. He was most famous for being the teacher of Ludwig van Beethoven.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Christian Gottlob Neefe ranks 336 out of 1,451Before him are Gustave Charpentier, Julius Fučík, Heinrich Isaac, Ferdinando Carulli, Michael Nyman, and Cipriano de Rore. After him are Antonio Soler, Giovanni Bottesini, Georg Benda, Viktor Ullmann, Johann Schein, and Pietro Della Valle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1748, Christian Gottlob Neefe ranks 12Before him are Charles XIII of Sweden, Adam Weishaupt, Claude Louis Berthollet, Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, William V, Prince of Orange, and Johann Friedrich Gmelin. After him are Petar I Petrović-Njegoš, Adamantios Korais, Benedict Joseph Labre, Dominique, comte de Cassini, Anders Sparrman, and Félix Vicq-d'Azyr. Among people deceased in 1798, Christian Gottlob Neefe ranks 8Before him are Luigi Galvani, Stanisław August Poniatowski, Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen, Heraclius II of Georgia, Rigas Feraios, and George Vancouver. After him are Tarrare, Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Johann Reinhold Forster, Edward Waring, Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder, and François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Christian Gottlob Neefe ranks 1,354 out of 7,253Before him are Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse (1753), Prince Joachim of Prussia (1890), Wilhelm Busch (1832), Hugo Schmeisser (1884), Thomas Abbt (1738), and Heinz Linge (1913). After him are Ernst Chladni (1756), Hans Baur (1897), Kurt Franz (1914), Otto Rasch (1891), Heinrich Schwabe (1789), and Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Saxony (1759).

Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Christian Gottlob Neefe ranks 48Before him are Carl Stamitz (1745), Johann Jakob Froberger (1616), Johann van Beethoven (1740), Friedrich Kuhlau (1786), Georg Böhm (1661), and Klaus Schulze (1947). After him are Johann Schein (1586), Hans Leo Hassler (1564), Johann Kuhnau (1660), Karl Richter (1926), Hugo Riemann (1849), and Samuel Scheidt (1587).