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Franz Xaver Gruber

1787 - 1863

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Franz Xaver Gruber (25 November 1787 – 7 June 1863) was an Austrian primary school teacher, church organist and composer in the village of Arnsdorf, who is best known for composing the music to "Stille Nacht" ("Silent Night"). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franz Xaver Gruber has received more than 311,241 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Franz Xaver Gruber is the 256th most popular composer (down from 251st in 2019), the 253rd most popular biography from Austria (down from 248th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Austrian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Franz Xaver Gruber ranks 256 out of 1,451. Before him are Ambroise Thomas, Clemens Krauss, Emmanuel Chabrier, Francesco Geminiani, Marcel Dupré, and Anton Reicha. After him are Irving Berlin, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Antonia Brico, Johann Christoph Bach, Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov, and Dimitri Tiomkin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1787, Franz Xaver Gruber ranks 11. Before him are François Guizot, Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este, Rasmus Rask, Guillaume Henri Dufour, and Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz. After him are Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov, Eléonore Denuelle de La Plaigne, Otto von Kotzebue, Edmund Kean, Friedrich Krupp, and Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi. Among people deceased in 1863, Franz Xaver Gruber ranks 8. Before him are Jacob Grimm, Frederick VII of Denmark, William Makepeace Thackeray, Sa'id of Egypt, Alfred de Vigny, and Horace Vernet. After him are Solomon Northup, Jakob Steiner, Stonewall Jackson, Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel, Christian Friedrich Hebbel, and Sam Houston.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Franz Xaver Gruber ranks 253 out of 1,424. Before him are Ludwig von Bertalanffy (1901), Othenio Abel (1875), Clemens Krauss (1893), Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (1892), Walter Nowotny (1920), and August Kubizek (1888). After him are Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein (1656), Rudolf Kirchschläger (1915), Cecilia Renata of Austria (1611), Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736), Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1610), and William, Duke of Austria (1370).

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Among COMPOSERS In Austria

Among composers born in Austria, Franz Xaver Gruber ranks 22. Before him are Eduard Strauss (1835), Anna Maria Mozart (1720), Ludwig Minkus (1826), Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871), Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739), and Clemens Krauss (1893). After him are Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736), Max Steiner (1888), Franz Xaver Süssmayr (1766), Joseph Lanner (1801), Ludwig Ritter von Köchel (1800), and Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (1620).

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