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Georg Christoph Wagenseil

1715 - 1777

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Georg Christoph Wagenseil (29 January 1715 – 1 March 1777) was an Austrian composer. He was born in Vienna, and became a favorite pupil of the Vienna court's Kapellmeister, Johann Joseph Fux. Wagenseil himself composed for the court from 1739 to his death. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georg Christoph Wagenseil has received more than 70,755 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Georg Christoph Wagenseil is the 565th most popular composer (down from 490th in 2019), the 472nd most popular biography from Austria (down from 419th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Austrian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Georg Christoph Wagenseil ranks 565 out of 1,451. Before him are Helmut Walcha, John Blow, Friedrich Wieck, Philippe Herreweghe, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. After him are Pavel Haas, Ferdinando Paer, Tommaso Traetta, Neville Marriner, Franz Doppler, and Wilhelm Stenhammar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1715, Georg Christoph Wagenseil ranks 8. Before him are Claude Adrien Helvétius, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, Robert-François Damiens, Charles, Prince of Soubise, and Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach. After him are Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, Dorothea Erxleben, Ewald Christian von Kleist, Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, William Watson, and Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval. Among people deceased in 1777, Georg Christoph Wagenseil ranks 7. Before him are Joseph I of Portugal, Johann Heinrich Lambert, Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria, Albrecht von Haller, Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin, and Maxim Berezovsky. After him are Charles de Brosses, Infante Philip, Duke of Calabria, Johann Andreas Segner, Charles-Joseph Natoire, Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben, and Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Georg Christoph Wagenseil ranks 472 out of 1,424. Before him are Diana Budisavljević (1891), Otto Wächter (1901), Leopold Figl (1902), Maria Schicklgruber (1795), Archduke Wilhelm Franz of Austria (1827), and Franz von Liszt (1851). After him are Leopold Auenbrugger (1722), Anne of Austria, Margravine of Brandenburg (1280), Elisabeth of Austria, Duchess of Lorraine (1285), Raul Hilberg (1926), Ignaz Seipel (1876), and Archduchess Magdalena of Austria (1532).

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Among COMPOSERS In Austria

Among composers born in Austria, Georg Christoph Wagenseil ranks 34. Before him are Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (1620), Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy (1714), Johann Joseph Fux (1660), Robert Stolz (1880), Oscar Straus (1870), and Hans Krása (1899). After him are Ernst Krenek (1900), Joseph Hellmesberger Jr. (1855), Robert Fuchs (1847), Joseph Leopold Eybler (1765), Carl Zeller (1842), and Karl Michael Ziehrer (1843).

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