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Johann Crüger

1598 - 1662

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Johann Crüger (9 April 1598 – 23 February 1662) was a German composer of well-known hymns. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Crüger has received more than 72,862 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Johann Crüger is the 670th most popular composer (down from 612th in 2019), the 2,574th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,285th in 2019) and the 101st most popular German Composer.

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  • 53.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Johann Crüger ranks 670 out of 1,216. Before him are Ildebrando Pizzetti, Johann Melchior Molter, Hans Rott, Joseph Canteloube, Vittoria Aleotti, and Thomas Newman. After him are Franchinus Gaffurius, Sun Ra, Anton Schindler, Josef Bohuslav Foerster, Giuseppe Sammartini, and Eduardo di Capua.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1598, Johann Crüger ranks 9. Before him are Bonaventura Cavalieri, François Mansart, Eleonora Gonzaga, Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Maarten Tromp, and Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler. After him are William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Chen Hongshou, Michael van Langren, and Georg Stiernhielm. Among people deceased in 1662, Johann Crüger ranks 10. Before him are Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Zhu Youlang, Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria, Alfonso IV d'Este, Duke of Modena, Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken, and Honoré II, Prince of Monaco. After him are William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Adriaen van de Venne, Massasoit, François le Métel de Boisrobert, and Henry Lawes.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Crüger ranks 2,574 out of 6,142. Before him are Duke George of Oldenburg (1784), Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (1694), Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia (1714), Justinus Kerner (1786), Carl Zuckmayer (1896), and Wilhelm Marschall (1886). After him are Theo Albrecht (1922), Princess Alexandrine of Prussia (1842), Jakub Bart-Ćišinski (1856), Judith Malina (1926), Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (1715), and Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (1753).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Johann Crüger ranks 101. Before him are Johann Kirnberger (1721), Franz Abt (1819), Johann Baptist Cramer (1771), Hermann Levi (1839), Matthias Weckmann (1619), and Johann Melchior Molter (1696). After him are Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877), Christian Cannabich (1731), Franz Lachner (1803), Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow (1663), Johann Caspar Kerll (1627), and Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754).

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