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Johann Joseph Fux

1660 - 1741

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Johann Joseph Fux (German: [ˈjoːhan ˈjoːzɛf ˈfʊks]; c. 1660 – 13 February 1741) was an Austrian composer, music theorist and pedagogue of the late Baroque era. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Joseph Fux has received more than 404,549 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Joseph Fux is the 383rd most popular composer (down from 329th in 2019), the 356th most popular biography from Austria (down from 316th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Austrian Composer.

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  • 400k

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  • 64.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Johann Joseph Fux ranks 383 out of 1,451. Before him are Carl Heinrich Graun, Rodion Shchedrin, Jacques Arcadelt, Toru Takemitsu, Cole Porter, and Georges Delerue. After him are Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Giovanni Battista Bassani, Ferenc Erkel, John Koukouzelis, Mieczysław Weinberg, and Claudio Merulo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1660, Johann Joseph Fux ranks 11. Before him are Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria, André Campra, Hans Sloane, Veronica Giuliani, Johann Kuhnau, and Andreas Schlüter. After him are Johann Patkul, Arnold Houbraken, Rafael Casanova, Friedrich Hoffmann, Francesco II d'Este, Duke of Modena, and Olof Rudbeck the Younger. Among people deceased in 1741, Johann Joseph Fux ranks 6. Before him are Antonio Vivaldi, Vitus Bering, Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden, Pauline Félicité de Mailly-Nesle, and Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria. After him are Wirich Philipp von Daun, Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine, Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg, Bernard de Montfaucon, and Victor Amadeus I, Prince of Carignano.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Johann Joseph Fux ranks 356 out of 1,424. Before him are René Spitz (1887), Matthäus Hetzenauer (1924), Vicki Baum (1888), Theodor Körner (1873), Friedrich Gulda (1930), and Archduchess Mathilda of Austria (1849). After him are Frederick I, Margrave of Baden (1249), Alois Hudal (1885), Max Adler (1873), Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche (1909), Leopold Berchtold (1863), and Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall (1774).

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Among COMPOSERS In Austria

Among composers born in Austria, Johann Joseph Fux ranks 30. Before him are Max Steiner (1888), Franz Xaver Süssmayr (1766), Joseph Lanner (1801), Ludwig Ritter von Köchel (1800), Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (1620), and Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy (1714). After him are Robert Stolz (1880), Oscar Straus (1870), Hans Krása (1899), Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715), Ernst Krenek (1900), and Joseph Hellmesberger Jr. (1855).

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