COMPOSER

Johann Walter

1496 - 1570

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Johann Walter, also known as Johann Walther or Johannes Walter (original name: Johann Blankenmüller) (1496 – 25 March 1570), was a Lutheran composer and poet during the Reformation period. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Walter has received more than 74,462 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Walter is the 921st most popular composer (down from 797th in 2019), the 3,615th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,979th in 2019) and the 142nd most popular German Composer.

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  • 74k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Johann Walter ranks 921 out of 1,451. Before her are Jan Kalivoda, François Francoeur, Akira Ifukube, Gérard Grisey, Christoph Demantius, and Alexander Goldenweiser. After her are Slavko Avsenik, Nicolas Isouard, Baude Cordier, Théodore Gouvy, Xavier Montsalvatge, and Ralph Benatzky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1496, Johann Walter ranks 8. Before her are Gustav I of Sweden, Mary Tudor, Queen of France, Menno Simons, Sebastiano Venier, Claude, Duke of Guise, and João de Barros. After her are Angelo Beolco, and Dawit II. Among people deceased in 1570, Johann Walter ranks 16. Before her are Tielman Susato, Eleonora Gonzaga, Duchess of Urbino, Diego Ortiz, Pietro Loredan, Daniele Barbaro, and James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray. After her are Francesco Laparelli, Johannes Brenz, and Hieronymus Cock.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Walter ranks 3,615 out of 7,253. Before her are Brigitte Mohnhaupt (1949), Karl Friedrich von Gaertner (1772), Prince Aribert of Anhalt (1866), Max August Zorn (1906), Markus Merk (1962), and Winfried Kretschmann (1948). After her are Heinrich Hübschmann (1848), Princess Caroline Reuss of Greiz (1884), Hermann Prey (1929), Fritz Szepan (1907), Julian Draxler (1993), and Adolf III of Holstein (1160).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Johann Walter ranks 142. Before her are Robert Volkmann (1815), Aribert Reimann (1936), Franz Tunder (1614), Paul Dessau (1894), Hans von Koessler (1853), and Johann Jacob Bach (1682). After her are Heinrich Albert (1604), Felix Draeseke (1835), Johann Adolf Scheibe (1708), Adolf Bernhard Marx (1795), Friedrich Silcher (1789), and Friedrich Gernsheim (1839).

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