COMPOSER

Ludwig Senfl

1486 - 1542

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Ludwig Senfl (born around 1486, died between December 2, 1542 and August 10, 1543) was a Swiss composer of the Renaissance, active in Germany. He was the most famous pupil of Heinrich Isaac, was music director to the court of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, and was an influential figure in the development of the Franco-Flemish polyphonic style in Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ludwig Senfl has received more than 56,361 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Ludwig Senfl is the 767th most popular composer (down from 659th in 2019), the 292nd most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 241st in 2019) and the 11th most popular Swiss Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Ludwig Senfl ranks 767 out of 1,451. Before him are Arnold Bax, Maurice Emmanuel, Heinrich Sutermeister, Francesco Manfredini, La Monte Young, and Temistocle Solera. After him are Oskar Nedbal, Heinrich Scheidemann, Egidio Duni, Tyagaraja, Joseph Weigl, and Claudin de Sermisy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1486, Ludwig Senfl ranks 20. Before him are Andreas Karlstadt, Thomas of Villanova, Sigismund von Herberstein, Girolamo Priuli, William IX, Marquis of Montferrat, and Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg.  Among people deceased in 1542, Ludwig Senfl ranks 17. Before him are Thomas Wyatt, Malik Muhammad Jayasi, Cristóvão da Gama, Diego de Almagro II, Nikolaus Federmann, and Girolamo Aleandro. After him are Gasparo Contarini, Pedro Reinel, Philotheus of Pskov, Juan Boscán Almogáver, and Angelo Beolco.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Ludwig Senfl ranks 292 out of 1,015. Before him are Henri Druey (1799), Carl Lutz (1895), Heinrich Sutermeister (1910), Joseph Deiss (1946), Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672), and Didier Burkhalter (1960). After him are Edmond Privat (1889), Max Abegglen (1902), Henri Colpi (1921), Paul Grüninger (1891), Maximilian Bircher-Benner (1867), and Albert Sechehaye (1870).

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Among COMPOSERS In Switzerland

Among composers born in Switzerland, Ludwig Senfl ranks 11. Before him are Ernest Ansermet (1883), Grock (1880), Joachim Raff (1822), Pancho Vladigerov (1899), Heinz Holliger (1939), and Heinrich Sutermeister (1910). After him are Louis Niedermeyer (1802), Klaus Huber (1924), Othmar Schoeck (1886), Gottfried von Einem (1918), and Hans Huber (1852).

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