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Heinrich Bach

1615 - 1692

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Heinrich Bach (26 September [O.S. 16 September] 1615 – 20 July [O.S. 10 July] 1692) was a German organist, composer, and a member of the Bach family. Heinrich Bach was born at Wechmar, and is the father of the so-called Arnstadt Line. After the early death of his father, his older brother Johannes Bach continued his music education and taught him organ playing. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heinrich Bach has received more than 45,319 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Heinrich Bach is the 846th most popular composer (up from 863rd in 2019), the 3,377th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,205th in 2019) and the 134th most popular German Composer.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Heinrich Bach ranks 846 out of 1,451. Before him are André Cardinal Destouches, Edward MacDowell, Franz Anton Hoffmeister, Stanley Myers, Charles Villiers Stanford, and Louis Niedermeyer. After him are Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský, Henri-Montan Berton, Meredith Monk, Marco da Gagliano, Werner Egk, and Trevor Jones.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1615, Heinrich Bach ranks 13. Before him are Govert Flinck, Madeleine Béjart, Maria Caterina Farnese, Nicodemus Tessin the Elder, Dara Shukoh, and Richard Baxter. After him is Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg. Among people deceased in 1692, Heinrich Bach ranks 9. Before him are Wang Fuzhi, Maria Antonia of Austria, Marie de Bourbon, Countess of Soissons, Giovanni Battista Vitali, Elias Ashmole, and Cornelis Bloemaert. After him are Christian Louis I, Countess Palatine Eleonora Catherine of Zweibrücken, Thomas Shadwell, and George Etherege.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heinrich Bach ranks 3,377 out of 7,253. Before him are Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel (1766), Franz Grashof (1826), Kevin-Prince Boateng (1987), Dorothea Susanne of Simmern (1544), Melchior Hoffman (1495), and Princess Amalie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1848). After him are Princess Anna of Hesse and by Rhine (1843), Frederick V, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1594), Paul Wallot (1841), Erwin Rösener (1902), Helmut Kunz (1910), and Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen (1804).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Heinrich Bach ranks 134. Before him are Cornelius Gurlitt (1820), Nannette Streicher (1769), Vincent Lübeck (1654), Princess Amalie of Saxony (1794), Ramin Djawadi (1974), and Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754). After him are Werner Egk (1901), Robert Volkmann (1815), Aribert Reimann (1936), Franz Tunder (1614), Paul Dessau (1894), and Hans von Koessler (1853).

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