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Johann Heinrich Schmelzer

1620 - 1680

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Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (c. 1620–1623 – between 29 February and 20 March 1680) was an Austrian composer and violinist of the middle Baroque era. Almost nothing is known about his early years, but he seems to have arrived in Vienna during the 1630s, and remained composer and musician at the Habsburg court for the rest of his life. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Heinrich Schmelzer has received more than 84,820 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Johann Heinrich Schmelzer is the 575th most popular composer (up from 601st in 2019), the 473rd most popular biography from Austria (up from 485th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Austrian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer ranks 575 out of 1,216. Before him are Guillaume Lekeu, Alexander Gretchaninov, Leopold Koželuch, Johann Adam Hiller, Maddalena Casulana, and Tielman Susato. After him are Jehan Alain, Rikard Nordraak, Ernesto Lecuona, Robert Fuchs, Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev, and Ernest Guiraud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1620, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer ranks 14. Before him are Miklós Zrínyi, John Graunt, Jean Picard, Abraham van Beijeren, Nicholas Mercator, and Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck. After him are François Bernier, Masaniello, Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, John Evelyn, Isabella Leonarda, and William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker. Among people deceased in 1680, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer ranks 23. Before him are John Eudes, Li Yu, Thomas Bartholin, Per Brahe the Younger, Tokugawa Ietsuna, and Joachim Neander. After him are Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg, John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, Peter Lely, Frans Post, and Kateri Tekakwitha.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer ranks 473 out of 1,237. Before him are Toto Wolff (1972), Karl Schäfer (1909), Henri Herz (1803), Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria (1629), Ivan Šubašić (1892), and Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley (1897). After him are Franz Binder (1911), Aurel Vlaicu (1882), Valentin Inzko (1949), Carl Schlechter (1874), Robert Fuchs (1847), and Frederick III, Duke of Austria (1347).

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Among COMPOSERS In Austria

Among composers born in Austria, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer ranks 36. Before him are Oscar Straus (1870), Robert Stolz (1880), Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715), Karl Michael Ziehrer (1843), Joseph Hellmesberger Jr. (1855), and Ernst Krenek (1900). After him are Robert Fuchs (1847), Carl Zeller (1842), Johann Strauss III (1866), Joseph Leopold Eybler (1765), Hans Rott (1858), and Carl Millöcker (1842).

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