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Georg Joseph Vogler

1749 - 1814

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Georg Joseph Vogler, also known as Abbé Vogler (June 15, 1749 – May 6, 1814), was a German composer, organist, teacher and theorist. In a long and colorful career extending over many more nations and decades than was usual at the time, Vogler established himself as a foremost experimenter in baroque and early classic music. His greatest successes came as performer and designer for the organ at various courts and cities around Europe, as well as a teacher, attracting highly successful and devoted pupils such as Carl Maria von Weber. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georg Joseph Vogler has received more than 70,067 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Georg Joseph Vogler is the 577th most popular composer (down from 567th in 2019), the 2,269th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,194th in 2019) and the 89th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Georg Joseph Vogler ranks 577 out of 1,451. Before him are Wilhelm Stenhammar, Fikret Amirov, Rikard Nordraak, Hermann Levi, Gabriel Pierné, and Thomas Arne. After him are Julius Benedict, Tielman Susato, Albert Ketèlbey, Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, Pasquale Anfossi, and Paul Lincke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1749, Georg Joseph Vogler ranks 19. Before him are Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, Abraham Gottlob Werner, Vittorio Alfieri, Alexander Radishchev, Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, and Martin Vahl. After him are Johann Nikolaus Forkel, Charles James Fox, Christian August Lorentzen, Princess Louisa of Great Britain, John Sims, and Charles Wilkins. Among people deceased in 1814, Georg Joseph Vogler ranks 16. Before him are Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Louis-Sébastien Mercier, Arthur Phillip, Guillaume-Antoine Olivier, and Aleijadinho. After him are Matthew Flinders, Elbridge Gerry, Louis François Joseph, Prince of Conti, William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto, and Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Georg Joseph Vogler ranks 2,269 out of 7,253. Before him are Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau (1869), Prince Franz of Bavaria (1875), Judith of Bavaria, Duchess of Swabia (1103), Gertrude of Saxony (1030), Judith Kerr (1923), and Joachim Schepke (1912). After him are Princess Marie Amelie of Baden (1817), Lothar-Günther Buchheim (1918), Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff (1803), Bert Kaempfert (1923), Hieronymus Bock (1498), and Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe (1871).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Georg Joseph Vogler ranks 89. Before him are Hermann Abendroth (1883), Johann Crüger (1598), Helmut Walcha (1907), Friedrich Wieck (1785), Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918), and Hermann Levi (1839). After him are Julius Benedict (1804), Tielman Susato (1500), Paul Lincke (1866), Hermann Scherchen (1891), Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch (1736), and Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713).

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