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Franz Xaver Süssmayr

1766 - 1803

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Franz Xaver Süssmayr or Süßmayr (Austrian German pronunciation: [frants ˈksaːvɐ ˈsyːsmaɪɐ]; 1766 – September 17, 1803), also anglicized as Suessmayr, was an Austrian composer and conductor. Popular in his day, he is now known primarily as the composer who completed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's unfinished Requiem. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franz Xaver Süssmayr has received more than 262,013 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Franz Xaver Süssmayr is the 280th most popular composer (down from 229th in 2019), the 286th most popular biography from Austria (down from 229th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Austrian Composer.

Franz Xaver Süssmayr is most famous for finishing Mozart's Requiem.

Memorability Metrics

  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Franz Xaver Süssmayr ranks 280 out of 1,451. Before him are Carl Stamitz, Max Steiner, Riccardo Broschi, Anton Arensky, Uzeyir Hajibeyov, and Louis-Claude Daquin. After him are Rodolphe Kreutzer, Antonio Lotti, Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Alessandro Stradella, Martin Agricola, and Johann Jakob Froberger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1766, Franz Xaver Süssmayr ranks 11. Before him are Emmanuel de Grouchy, marquis de Grouchy, Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, Nikolay Karamzin, Johanna Schopenhauer, Charlotte, Princess Royal, and José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia. After him are Rodolphe Kreutzer, Maine de Biran, Dominique Jean Larrey, William Hyde Wollaston, Slimane of Morocco, and Charles Macintosh. Among people deceased in 1803, Franz Xaver Süssmayr ranks 8. Before him are Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Toussaint Louverture, Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, Cardinal de Rohan, Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia, and Adélaïde Labille-Guiard. After him are Vittorio Alfieri, Louis I of Etruria, Louis Claude de Saint-Martin, Ami Argand, Xenia of Saint Petersburg, and Samuel Adams.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Franz Xaver Süssmayr ranks 286 out of 1,424. Before him are Paul Watzlawick (1921), Maria Leopoldine of Austria (1632), Oskar Werner (1922), Guido von List (1848), Baron Alexander von Bach (1813), and Alexander Wienerberger (1891). After him are Kunigunde of Austria (1465), Archduchess Eleanor of Austria (1534), Felix Baumgartner (1969), Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia (1432), Georg von Peuerbach (1423), and Katharina Schratt (1853).

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Among COMPOSERS In Austria

Among composers born in Austria, Franz Xaver Süssmayr ranks 25. Before him are Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871), Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739), Clemens Krauss (1893), Franz Xaver Gruber (1787), Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736), and Max Steiner (1888). After him are Joseph Lanner (1801), Ludwig Ritter von Köchel (1800), Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (1620), Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy (1714), Johann Joseph Fux (1660), and Robert Stolz (1880).

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