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Johann Georg Pisendel

1687 - 1755

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Johann Georg Pisendel (5 January 1688 [O.S. 26 December 1687] – 25 November 1755) was a German Baroque violinist and composer who, for many years, led the Court Orchestra in Dresden as concertmaster, then the finest instrumental ensemble in Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Georg Pisendel has received more than 74,563 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Johann Georg Pisendel is the 392nd most popular composer (up from 526th in 2019), the 1,602nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,011th in 2019) and the 57th most popular German Composer.

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  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.55

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  • 1.78

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Johann Georg Pisendel ranks 392 out of 1,451. Before him are Ferenc Erkel, John Koukouzelis, Mieczysław Weinberg, Claudio Merulo, Francesco Gasparini, and Bernardo Pasquini. After him are Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska, Vittoria Aleotti, Riz Ortolani, Johann Baptist Wanhal, Nicolaus Bruhns, and Anatoly Lyadov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1687, Johann Georg Pisendel ranks 7. Before him are Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, John William Friso, Prince of Orange, Balthasar Neumann, Francesco Geminiani, Giambattista Pittoni, and Sylvius Leopold Weiss. After him are Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Johann Heinrich Schulze, Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Robert Simson, and William Stukeley. Among people deceased in 1755, Johann Georg Pisendel ranks 7. Before him are Montesquieu, Francesco Durante, Gerard Majella, Princess Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach, Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, and Joseph Bodin de Boismortier. After him are Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve, Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Johann Georg Gmelin, Johann Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz, Philipp Stamma, and Zhang Tingyu.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Georg Pisendel ranks 1,602 out of 7,253. Before him are Lothar von Trotha (1848), Princess Margaret of Prussia (1872), Paul Landers (1964), George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1484), Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1867), and Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg (1578). After him are Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia (1860), Fritz Honka (1935), Duchess Charlotte Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1784), Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel (1789), Wolf Vostell (1932), and Carl Oberg (1897).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Johann Georg Pisendel ranks 57. Before him are Johann Kuhnau (1660), Karl Richter (1926), Hugo Riemann (1849), Samuel Scheidt (1587), Wolfgang Wagner (1919), and Carl Heinrich Graun (1704). After him are Nicolaus Bruhns (1665), Carl Loewe (1796), Alfred Einstein (1880), Ferdinand Ries (1784), Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (1716), and Hans Werner Henze (1926).

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