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Johann Adolph Hasse

1699 - 1783

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Johann Adolph Hasse (baptised 25 March 1699 – 16 December 1783) was an 18th-century German composer, singer and teacher of music. Immensely popular in his time, Hasse was best known for his prolific operatic output, though he also composed a considerable quantity of sacred music. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Adolph Hasse has received more than 197,646 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Johann Adolph Hasse is the 240th most popular composer (down from 213th in 2019), the 948th most popular biography from Germany (down from 801st in 2019) and the 33rd most popular German Composer.

Johann Adolf Hasse was a German composer of Italian opera. He is best known for his operas, which were written in the style of the Neapolitan School.

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  • 200k

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  • 61.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Johann Adolph Hasse ranks 240 out of 1,451. Before him are Mykola Leontovych, Antonio Caldara, Stanisław Moniuszko, Benedetto Marcello, Charles-Marie Widor, and Johan Halvorsen. After him are Henryk Górecki, Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria, Albert Roussel, Alfred Schnittke, Francesco Durante, and Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1699, Johann Adolph Hasse ranks 6. Before him are Osman III, Christian VI of Denmark, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Maria Josepha of Austria, and Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal. After him are Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin, Anna Leszczyńska, Françoise-Louise de Warens, Alamgir II, and Mastani. Among people deceased in 1783, Johann Adolph Hasse ranks 4. Before him are Leonhard Euler, Jean le Rond d'Alembert, and Étienne Bézout. After him are Grigory Orlov, Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Yosa Buson, Antonio Soler, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Johann Kirnberger, Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Benedict Joseph Labre.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Adolph Hasse ranks 948 out of 7,253. Before him are Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (1412), Karl Rahner (1904), Dorothea of Brandenburg (1430), Johann Friedrich Gmelin (1748), Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (1778), and Horst Buchholz (1933). After him are Michael Ballack (1976), Robert Aumann (1930), Edith Frank (1900), Margot Frank (1926), Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp (1636), and Kurt Eisner (1867).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Johann Adolph Hasse ranks 33. Before him are Max Reger (1873), Louis Spohr (1784), Johann Joachim Quantz (1697), Michael Praetorius (1571), Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645), and Eduard Künneke (1885). After him are Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria (1724), Johann Christoph Bach (1642), Johann Mattheson (1681), Carl Friedrich Abel (1723), Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1709), and Hanns Eisler (1898).

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