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Heinrich Schütz

1585 - 1672

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Heinrich Schütz (German: [ʃʏt͡s]; 18 October [O.S. 8 October] 1585 – 6 November 1672) was a German early Baroque composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach and one of the most important composers of the 17th century. He is credited with bringing the Italian style to Germany and continuing its evolution from the Renaissance into the early Baroque. Most of his surviving music was written for the Lutheran church, primarily for the Electoral Chapel in Dresden. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heinrich Schütz has received more than 472,530 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Heinrich Schütz is the 106th most popular composer (up from 109th in 2019), the 360th most popular biography from Germany (down from 335th in 2019) and the 21st most popular German Composer.

Heinrich Schütz is most famous for his compositions of the music of the biblical Psalms.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Heinrich Schütz ranks 106 out of 1,451. Before him are Arvo Pärt, Jacopo Peri, Francis Poulenc, Zoltán Kodály, Adolphe Adam, and Paul Hindemith. After him are Manuel de Falla, Carlo Gesualdo, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Giulio Caccini, Joaquín Rodrigo, and Mily Balakirev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1585, Heinrich Schütz ranks 2. Before him is Cardinal Richelieu. After him are Cornelius Jansen, Hendrick Avercamp, John George I, Elector of Saxony, Uriel da Costa, Anna of Tyrol, Jacob Le Maire, Lucilio Vanini, Zacharias Janssen, John Rolfe, and Jacques Lemercier. Among people deceased in 1672, Heinrich Schütz ranks 2. Before him is John II Casimir Vasa. After him are Johan de Witt, Al-Rashid of Morocco, Peter Stuyvesant, Franciscus Sylvius, John Wilkins, Hümaşah Sultan, Marguerite of Lorraine, Adil Giray, Adriaen van de Velde, and Madeleine Béjart.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heinrich Schütz ranks 360 out of 7,253. Before him are Theodor Schwann (1810), Otto Dix (1891), Ludwig III of Bavaria (1845), Christian V of Denmark (1646), Paul Hindemith (1895), and Alexander Grothendieck (1928). After him are Heinrich Mann (1871), Konrad Zuse (1910), Ludwig Beck (1880), Ernst Thälmann (1886), Wilhelm Maybach (1846), and Samuel Hahnemann (1755).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Heinrich Schütz ranks 21. Before him are Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714), Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710), Hans Zimmer (1957), Johann Pachelbel (1653), Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928), and Paul Hindemith (1895). After him are Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791), Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732), Fanny Mendelssohn (1805), Max Bruch (1838), Kurt Weill (1900), and Max Reger (1873).

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