1748 - 1798
Christian Gottlob Neefe (German: [ˈneːfə]; 5 February 1748 – 28 January 1798) was a German opera composer and conductor. Neefe was born in Chemnitz, Saxony. He received a musical education and started to compose at the age of 12. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christian Gottlob Neefe has received more than 81,204 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Christian Gottlob Neefe is the 280th most popular composer (up from 296th in 2019), the 1,033rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,023rd in 2019) and the 40th 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, Christian Gottlob Neefe ranks 280 out of 1,228. Before him are Johann Jakob Froberger, Alessandro Stradella, Niccolò Jommelli, Aaron Copland, Ferdinando Carulli, and Giovanni Battista Sammartini. After him are Hanns Eisler, Fromental Halévy, Carl Reinecke, Vincent d'Indy, Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy, and Saverio Mercadante.
1616 - 1667
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 274
1643 - 1682
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 275
1714 - 1774
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 276
1900 - 1990
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 277
1770 - 1841
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 278
1700 - 1775
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 279
1748 - 1798
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 280
1898 - 1962
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 281
1799 - 1862
HPI: 69.53
Rank: 282
1824 - 1910
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 283
1851 - 1931
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 284
1714 - 1790
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 285
1795 - 1870
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 286
Among people born in 1748, Christian Gottlob Neefe ranks 12. Before him are Charles IV of Spain, Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès, Claude Louis Berthollet, William V, Prince of Orange, Johann Friedrich Gmelin, and Antoine Laurent de Jussieu. After him are Petar I Petrović-Njegoš, Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot, Adamantios Korais, Dominique, comte de Cassini, Benedict Joseph Labre, and Anders Sparrman. Among people deceased in 1798, Christian Gottlob Neefe ranks 5. Before him are Giacomo Casanova, Luigi Galvani, Stanisław August Poniatowski, and Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen. After him are Rigas Feraios, George Vancouver, Johann Reinhold Forster, Heraclius II of Georgia, Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder, and Tarrare.
1748 - 1819
HPI: 77.55
Rank: 6
1748 - 1836
HPI: 76.98
Rank: 7
1748 - 1822
HPI: 74.09
Rank: 8
1748 - 1806
HPI: 73.69
Rank: 9
1748 - 1804
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 10
1748 - 1836
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 11
1748 - 1798
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 12
1748 - 1830
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 13
1748 - 1831
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 14
1748 - 1833
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 15
1748 - 1845
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 16
1748 - 1783
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 17
1748 - 1820
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 18
1725 - 1798
HPI: 85.77
Rank: 1
1737 - 1798
HPI: 81.27
Rank: 2
1732 - 1798
HPI: 76.22
Rank: 3
1742 - 1798
HPI: 75.58
Rank: 4
1748 - 1798
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 5
1757 - 1798
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 6
1757 - 1798
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 7
1729 - 1798
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 8
1720 - 1798
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 9
1736 - 1798
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 10
1773 - 1798
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 11
1772 - 1798
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, Christian Gottlob Neefe ranks 1,033 out of 5,289. Before him are Clemens August Graf von Galen (1878), John Rabe (1882), Harald Quandt (1921), Roland Emmerich (1955), Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg (1670), and Julius Wellhausen (1844). After him are Hanns Eisler (1898), Gottfried Benn (1886), William V, Duke of Bavaria (1548), Herta Oberheuser (1911), Carl Reinecke (1824), and Johann Adam Schall von Bell (1591).
1878 - 1946
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 1,027
1882 - 1950
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 1,028
1921 - 1967
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 1,029
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 1,030
1670 - 1748
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 1,031
1844 - 1918
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 1,032
1748 - 1798
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 1,033
1898 - 1962
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 1,034
1886 - 1956
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 1,035
1548 - 1626
HPI: 69.53
Rank: 1,036
1911 - 1978
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 1,037
1824 - 1910
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 1,038
1591 - 1666
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 1,039
Among composers born in Germany, Christian Gottlob Neefe ranks 40. Before him are Carl Friedrich Abel (1723), Johann Mattheson (1681), Friedrich Kuhlau (1786), Carl Stamitz (1745), Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria (1724), and Johann Jakob Froberger (1616). After him are Hanns Eisler (1898), Carl Reinecke (1824), Engelbert Humperdinck (1854), Georg Böhm (1661), Samuel Scheidt (1587), and Karl Richter (1926).
1723 - 1787
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 34
1681 - 1764
HPI: 70.81
Rank: 35
1786 - 1832
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 36
1745 - 1801
HPI: 70.10
Rank: 37
1724 - 1780
HPI: 69.78
Rank: 38
1616 - 1667
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 39
1748 - 1798
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 40
1898 - 1962
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 41
1824 - 1910
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 42
1854 - 1921
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 43
1661 - 1733
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 44
1587 - 1654
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 45
1926 - 1981
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 46