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Heinrich Scheidemann

1596 - 1663

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Heinrich Scheidemann (ca. 1595 – 1663) was a German organist and composer. He was the best-known composer for the organ in north Germany in the early to mid-17th century, and was an important forerunner of Dieterich Buxtehude and J.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heinrich Scheidemann has received more than 50,448 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Heinrich Scheidemann is the 741st most popular composer (up from 796th in 2019), the 2,811th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,891st in 2019) and the 111th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Heinrich Scheidemann ranks 741 out of 1,216. Before him are Josef Tal, Keiko Abe, Charles Tournemire, Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Alexander Spendiaryan, and Joseph Marx. After him are Helmut Walcha, Armando Trovajoli, Conradin Kreutzer, Jacob van Eyck, Giacomo Antonio Perti, and Johann Krieger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1596, Heinrich Scheidemann ranks 21. Before him are Jean Bolland, Constantijn Huygens, Jacob van Campen, Andreas Cellarius, Thomas de Keyser, and Leonaert Bramer. After him are Abraham van Diepenbeeck, John Casimir, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, and Bertuccio Valier. Among people deceased in 1663, Heinrich Scheidemann ranks 8. Before him are Christine of France, Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba, Princess Margaret Yolande of Savoy, William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, and Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern. After him is Giancarlo de' Medici.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heinrich Scheidemann ranks 2,811 out of 6,142. Before him are August Schmidhuber (1901), Paul Schmidt (1899), Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (1739), John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin (1513), Charlotte von Stein (1742), and Adolf Bertram (1859). After him are Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (1752), Horst-Dieter Höttges (1943), Günter Wand (1912), Egon Bahr (1922), Adolf Schmal (1872), and Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1883).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Heinrich Scheidemann ranks 111. Before him are Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow (1663), Johann Caspar Kerll (1627), Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754), Norbert Burgmüller (1810), Ferdinand David (1810), and Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713). After him are Helmut Walcha (1907), Conradin Kreutzer (1780), Johann Krieger (1651), Anton Walter (1752), Johann Friedrich Agricola (1720), and Hans von Koessler (1853).

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