COMPOSER

Johann Krieger

1651 - 1735

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Johann Krieger (28 December 1651 – 18 July 1735) was a German composer and organist, younger brother of Johann Philipp Krieger. Born in Nuremberg, he worked at Bayreuth, Zeitz, and Greiz before settling in Zittau. He was one of the most important keyboard composers of his day, highly esteemed by, among others, George Frideric Handel. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Krieger has received more than 61,190 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Krieger is the 720th most popular composer (up from 746th in 2019), the 2,857th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,840th in 2019) and the 115th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Johann Krieger ranks 720 out of 1,451. Before him are Josef Tal, Amy Beach, Nicolas Gombert, Kenji Kawai, František Brixi, and Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann. After him are Sigismund von Neukomm, Johan Helmich Roman, John Bull, Mieczysław Karłowicz, Carl Millöcker, and Bartolomeo Tromboncino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1651, Johann Krieger ranks 13. Before him are Engelbert Kaempfer, Madame d'Aulnoy, Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld, Charles II, Elector Palatine, Charles Eugène de Croÿ, and Dimitry of Rostov. After him are William VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Louis Antoine de Noailles, Joseph Vaz, George XI of Kartli, and Balthasar Permoser. Among people deceased in 1735, Johann Krieger ranks 13. Before him are Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg, Danilo I, Metropolitan of Cetinje, Robert de Cotte, Carlo Ruzzini, Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Petr Brandl. After him are Peter Artedi, George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Jacob Bruce, Princess Sophia Hedwig of Denmark, and John Arbuthnot.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Krieger ranks 2,857 out of 7,253. Before him are Günter Wand (1912), Peter Schreier (1935), Julius Oppert (1825), Paul Augustin Mayer (1911), Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1687), and Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony (1443). After him are Gottfried, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1897), Eduard Wagner (1894), Agnes Block (1629), Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1603), Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach (1659), and Paula Mollenhauer (1908).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Johann Krieger ranks 115. Before him are Johann Andreas Stein (1728), Conradin Kreutzer (1780), Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow (1663), Franz Lachner (1803), Aloysia Weber (1760), and Anton Walter (1752). After him are Matthias Weckmann (1619), Paul Ben-Haim (1897), Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741), Christian Cannabich (1731), Johann Baptist Cramer (1771), and Norbert Burgmüller (1810).

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