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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 448,207 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia. Heinrich Schütz is the 109th most popular composer (down from 106th in 2019), the 335th most popular biography from Germany (down from 304th in 2019) and the 20th most popular German Composer.

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

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  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.37

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Heinrich Schütz ranks 109 out of 1,216. Before him are Benjamin Britten, Muzio Clementi, Mikhail Glinka, Francis Poulenc, Francisco Tárrega, and Mily Balakirev. After him are Adolphe Adam, Alma Mahler, Giulio Caccini, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Manuel de Falla, and Max Bruch.

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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, Anna of Tyrol, John George I, Elector of Saxony, Uriel da Costa, Zacharias Janssen, Lucilio Vanini, Jacob Le Maire, Jacques Lemercier, and John Rolfe. Among people deceased in 1672, Heinrich Schütz ranks 1. After him are John II Casimir Vasa, Johan de Witt, Franciscus Sylvius, Peter Stuyvesant, Al-Rashid of Morocco, Marie Thérèse of France, Hümaşah Sultan, Adriaen van de Velde, John Wilkins, Marguerite of Lorraine, and Madeleine Béjart.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heinrich Schütz ranks 335 out of 6,142. Before him are Otto Heinrich Warburg (1883), James Franck (1882), Karl Haushofer (1869), Valdemar I of Denmark (1131), Otto Frank (1889), and Thomas à Kempis (1380). After him are Friedrich Fromm (1888), Frederick I of Sweden (1676), Christian III of Denmark (1503), Carl Bosch (1874), Ludolph van Ceulen (1540), and Franz Mesmer (1734).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Heinrich Schütz ranks 20. Before him are Johann Christian Bach (1735), Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714), Johann Pachelbel (1653), Hans Zimmer (1957), Paul Hindemith (1895), and Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710). After him are Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791), Max Bruch (1838), Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928), Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732), Fanny Mendelssohn (1805), and Kurt Weill (1900).

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