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Dieterich Buxtehude

1637 - 1707

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Dieterich Buxtehude (German: [ˈdiːtəʁɪç bʊkstəˈhuːdə]; born Diderich Hansen Buxtehude, Danish: [ˈtiðˀəʁek ˈhænˀsn̩ pukstəˈhuːðə]; c. 1637 – 9 May 1707) was a Danish organist and composer of the Baroque period, whose works are typical of the North German organ school. As a composer who worked in various vocal and instrumental idioms, Buxtehude's style greatly influenced other composers, such as Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dieterich Buxtehude has received more than 572,602 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia. Dieterich Buxtehude is the 63rd most popular composer (up from 76th in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 30th in 2019) and the most popular Swedish Composer.

Dieterich Buxtehude was a German organist and composer who is most famous for his organ compositions.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Dieterich Buxtehude ranks 63 out of 1,451. Before him are Georg Philipp Telemann, Arnold Schoenberg, Vangelis, Henry Purcell, Astor Piazzolla, and Johann Christian Bach. After him are Jules Massenet, Leonard Bernstein, Charles Gounod, Anton Webern, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, and Alessandro Scarlatti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1637, Dieterich Buxtehude ranks 1. After him are Jan Swammerdam, Köprülüzade Fazıl Mustafa Pasha, Anne Hyde, Nicolas Catinat, Bernardo Pasquini, Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Jan van der Heyden, Anne Marie Martinozzi, Countess Henriette Catherine of Nassau, Jacques Marquette, and Edmund Andros. Among people deceased in 1707, Dieterich Buxtehude ranks 1. After him are Aurangzeb, Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan, Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, Ahmad Khani, Jean Mabillon, Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Shitao, Christoph Cellarius, Johann Patkul, Willem van de Velde the Younger, and Johann Christoph Denner.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Dieterich Buxtehude ranks 29 out of 1,879. Before him are Dag Hammarskjöld (1905), Christina, Queen of Sweden (1626), Oscar II of Sweden (1829), Ingrid of Sweden (1910), Oleg of Novgorod (900), and Charles X Gustav of Sweden (1622). After him are Tomas Tranströmer (1931), Charles IX of Sweden (1550), John III of Sweden (1537), Princess Märtha of Sweden (1901), Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (1906), and Emanuel Swedenborg (1688).

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Among COMPOSERS In Sweden

Among composers born in Sweden, Dieterich Buxtehude ranks 1. After him are Hugo Alfvén (1872), Princess Cecilia of Sweden (1807), Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871), Kurt Atterberg (1887), Johan Helmich Roman (1694), Allan Pettersson (1911), Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867), Lars-Erik Larsson (1908), Ludvig Norman (1831), Ture Rangström (1884), and Einar Englund (1916).

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