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Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg

1718 - 1795

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Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg (21 November 1718 – 22 May 1795) was a German music critic, music theorist and composer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg has received more than 42,236 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg is the 681st most popular composer (up from 1,053rd in 2019), the 2,719th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,862nd in 2019) and the 107th most popular German Composer.

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  • 42k

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  • 60.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg ranks 681 out of 1,451. Before him are Elfrida Andrée, Ferdinand David, Franchinus Gaffurius, Edmond Audran, Joseph Szigeti, and Leó Weiner. After him are Shunsuke Kikuchi, Giovanni Battista Vitali, Eduard Tubin, Krzysztof Komeda, Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, and Alexander Tcherepnin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1718, Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg ranks 13. Before him are John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux, John Canton, Nikita Ivanovich Panin, and Jacob Christian Schäffer. After him are Antoine de Chézy, Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix, William Hunter, and George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney. Among people deceased in 1795, Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg ranks 21. Before him are Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, Samuel Wallis, Honoré III, Prince of Monaco, Pieter Boddaert, Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, and Antonio de Ulloa. After him are Michel Corrette, Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini, Louis Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, Grigory Shelikhov, Francisco Bayeu y Subías, and Henry Clinton.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg ranks 2,719 out of 7,253. Before him are Klaus Voormann (1938), Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke (1819), Eduard, Duke of Anhalt (1861), Adolf Hühnlein (1881), Hans von Marées (1837), and Angela Winkler (1944). After him are Princess Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia (1796), Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg (1447), Abraham Fraenkel (1891), Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis (1706), George Mosse (1918), and Wilhelm Worringer (1881).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg ranks 107. Before him are Max Richter (1966), Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905), Herms Niel (1888), Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877), Johann Friedrich Agricola (1720), and Ferdinand David (1810). After him are Andreas Werckmeister (1645), Johann Andreas Stein (1728), Conradin Kreutzer (1780), Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow (1663), Franz Lachner (1803), and Aloysia Weber (1760).

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