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Heinrich Isaac

1450 - 1517

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Heinrich Isaac (ca. 1450 – 26 March 1517) was a Netherlandish composer of south Netherlandish origin during the Renaissance era. He wrote masses, motets, songs (in French, German and Italian), and instrumental music. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heinrich Isaac has received more than 147,061 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Heinrich Isaac is the 332nd most popular composer (up from 335th in 2019), the 168th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 167th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Belgian Composer.

Heinrich Isaac was a composer and organist in the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods. He is most famous for his compositions of chorale preludes.

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  • 59.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Heinrich Isaac ranks 332 out of 1,451. Before him are Ignaz Pleyel, John Dunstaple, Gustav Leonhardt, Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Gustave Charpentier, and Julius Fučík. After him are Ferdinando Carulli, Michael Nyman, Cipriano de Rore, Christian Gottlob Neefe, Antonio Soler, and Giovanni Bottesini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1450, Heinrich Isaac ranks 17. Before him are Francisco de Almeida, Marko Marulić, Gerard David, Veit Stoss, Ravidas, and Zagan Pasha. After him are Gedik Ahmed Pasha, Juan de Flandes, Francesco Francia, Ibrahim Lodi, Pêro da Covilhã, and Basarab II of Wallachia. Among people deceased in 1517, Heinrich Isaac ranks 10. Before him are Gioffre Borgia, Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros, Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha, Tuman bay II, Catherine of Navarre, and Dayan Khan. After him are Cima da Conegliano, Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, Francesco Francia, Badi' al-Zaman Mirza, Hadım Sinan Pasha, and Joanna of Aragon, Queen of Naples.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Heinrich Isaac ranks 168 out of 1,190. Before him are Abraham Brueghel (1631), Chantal Akerman (1950), Victor Serge (1890), Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (1962), Pierre De Geyter (1848), and Roelant Savery (1576). After him are Cipriano de Rore (1515), Clara Peeters (1594), Eric Walter Elst (1936), Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant (1859), Theodor de Bry (1528), and Bernard van Orley (1487).

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Among COMPOSERS In Belgium

Among composers born in Belgium, Heinrich Isaac ranks 12. Before him are Adrian Willaert (1490), Eugène Ysaÿe (1858), André Grétry (1741), Gilles Binchois (1400), Henri Vieuxtemps (1820), and Pierre De Geyter (1848). After him are Cipriano de Rore (1515), Jacques Arcadelt (1507), Alexander Agricola (1446), Johannes Tinctoris (1435), Pierre de la Rue (1460), and Jean Absil (1893).

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