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Johann Mattheson

1681 - 1764

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Johann Mattheson (28 September 1681 – 17 April 1764) was a German composer, critic, lexicographer and music theorist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Mattheson has received more than 125,606 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Johann Mattheson is the 263rd most popular composer (up from 270th in 2019), the 1,043rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,049th in 2019) and the 36th most popular German Composer.

Johann Mattheson was a German composer and music theorist who is most famous for his work in the field of music theory.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Johann Mattheson ranks 263 out of 1,451. Before him are Irving Berlin, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Antonia Brico, Johann Christoph Bach, Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov, and Dimitri Tiomkin. After him are Carl Friedrich Abel, Fromental Halévy, Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Hanns Eisler, Engelbert Humperdinck, and Ernst von Dohnányi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1681, Johann Mattheson ranks 4. Before him are Vitus Bering, Georg Philipp Telemann, and Hedvig Sophia of Sweden. After him are Theophan Prokopovich, Giulia Lama, Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, and Henrietta Godolphin, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough. Among people deceased in 1764, Johann Mattheson ranks 7. Before him are Madame de Pompadour, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Ivan VI of Russia, William Hogarth, Christian Goldbach, and Pietro Locatelli. After him are Jean-Marie Leclair, Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Erik Pontoppidan, Francesco Algarotti, William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, and Sophie Caroline of Brandenburg-Kulmbach.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Mattheson ranks 1,043 out of 7,253. Before him are John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (1604), Godigisel (359), Emanuel Schikaneder (1751), John McEnroe (1959), Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp (1759), and Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern (1835). After him are Marie of Prussia (1825), Carl Ludwig (1816), Ernst Barlach (1870), Dagmar of Bohemia (1186), Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (1658), and Erich Kempka (1910).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Johann Mattheson ranks 36. Before him are Michael Praetorius (1571), Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645), Eduard Künneke (1885), Johann Adolph Hasse (1699), Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria (1724), and Johann Christoph Bach (1642). After him are Carl Friedrich Abel (1723), Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1709), Hanns Eisler (1898), Engelbert Humperdinck (1854), Carl Reinecke (1824), and Carl Stamitz (1745).

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