1696 - 1765
Johann Melchior Molter (10 February 1696 – 12 January 1765) was a German composer and violinist of the late Baroque period. He was born at Tiefenort, near Eisenach, and was educated at the Gymnasium in Eisenach. By autumn 1717 he had left Eisenach and was working as a violinist in Karlsruhe. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Melchior Molter has received more than 59,886 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Melchior Molter is the 665th most popular composer (down from 656th in 2019), the 2,562nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,426th in 2019) and the 100th most popular German Composer.
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Among composers, Johann Melchior Molter ranks 665 out of 1,216. Before him are Ludwig Senfl, Louis Andriessen, Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, Bartolomeo Tromboncino, Adalbert Gyrowetz, and Ildebrando Pizzetti. After him are Hans Rott, Joseph Canteloube, Vittoria Aleotti, Thomas Newman, Johann Crüger, and Franchinus Gaffurius.
1486 - 1542
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 659
1939 - 2021
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 660
1711 - 1772
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 661
1470 - 1535
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 662
1763 - 1850
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 663
1880 - 1968
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 664
1696 - 1765
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 665
1858 - 1884
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 666
1879 - 1957
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 667
1575 - 1640
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 668
1955 - Present
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 669
1598 - 1662
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 670
1451 - 1522
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 671
Among people born in 1696, Johann Melchior Molter ranks 10. Before him are Alphonsus Liguori, Abram Petrovich Gannibal, Maurice de Saxe, Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, and Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein. After him are Marco Foscarini, Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Francesca Cuzzoni, Shah Jahan II, Henry Home, Lord Kames, and Maurice Greene. Among people deceased in 1765, Johann Melchior Molter ranks 14. Before him are Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, Charles-André van Loo, Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia, Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel, and Edward Young. After him are Mir Jafar, Johan Agrell, Carl Alexander Clerck, William Stukeley, Prince Frederick of Great Britain, and Richard Pococke.
1696 - 1787
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 4
1696 - 1781
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 5
1696 - 1750
HPI: 64.49
Rank: 6
1696 - 1762
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 7
1696 - 1788
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 8
1696 - 1772
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 9
1696 - 1765
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 10
1696 - 1763
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 11
1696 - 1754
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 12
1696 - 1778
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 13
1696 - 1719
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 14
1696 - 1782
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 15
1696 - 1755
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 16
1722 - 1765
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 8
1705 - 1765
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 9
1721 - 1765
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 10
1719 - 1765
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 11
1688 - 1765
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 12
1683 - 1765
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 13
1696 - 1765
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 14
1691 - 1765
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 15
1701 - 1765
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 16
1710 - 1765
HPI: 48.67
Rank: 17
1687 - 1765
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 18
1750 - 1765
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 19
1704 - 1765
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 20
Among people born in Germany, Johann Melchior Molter ranks 2,562 out of 6,142. Before him are Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1794), Gisela of Burgundy (950), Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1772), Adam Müller (1779), Arno Peters (1916), and Walter Frentz (1907). After him are Gertrude of Süpplingenburg (1115), Princess Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau (1666), Henry E. Steinway (1797), Richard Hildebrandt (1897), Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia (1865), and Duke George of Oldenburg (1784).
1794 - 1872
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 2,556
950 - 1006
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 2,557
1772 - 1822
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 2,558
1779 - 1829
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 2,559
1916 - 2002
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 2,560
1907 - 2004
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 2,561
1696 - 1765
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 2,562
1115 - 1143
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 2,563
1666 - 1726
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 2,564
1797 - 1871
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 2,565
1897 - 1952
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 2,566
1865 - 1931
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 2,567
1784 - 1812
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 2,568
Among composers born in Germany, Johann Melchior Molter ranks 100. Before him are Andreas Werckmeister (1645), Johann Kirnberger (1721), Franz Abt (1819), Johann Baptist Cramer (1771), Hermann Levi (1839), and Matthias Weckmann (1619). After him are Johann Crüger (1598), Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877), Christian Cannabich (1731), Franz Lachner (1803), Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow (1663), and Johann Caspar Kerll (1627).
1645 - 1706
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 94
1721 - 1783
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 95
1819 - 1885
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 96
1771 - 1858
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 97
1839 - 1900
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 98
1619 - 1674
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 99
1696 - 1765
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 100
1598 - 1662
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 101
1877 - 1933
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 102
1731 - 1798
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 103
1803 - 1890
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 104
1663 - 1712
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 105
1627 - 1693
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 106