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Melchior Vulpius

1570 - 1615

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Melchior Vulpius (c. 1570 in Wasungen – 7 August 1615 in Weimar) was a German singer and composer of church music. Vulpius came from a poor craftsman's family. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Melchior Vulpius has received more than 31,533 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Melchior Vulpius is the 1,176th most popular composer (down from 1,136th in 2019), the 4,666th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,135th in 2019) and the 170th most popular German Composer.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Melchior Vulpius ranks 1,176 out of 1,451. Before him are Alf Clausen, Kōsaku Yamada, Michel Colombier, Valeri Brainin, Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson, and Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov. After him are Alberto Nepomuceno, Oskar Kolberg, Adolph Deutsch, Knudåge Riisager, Cyril Scott, and Francisco Asenjo Barbieri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1570, Melchior Vulpius ranks 17. Before him are Hendrick van Balen the Elder, Péter Pázmány, John Smyth, Tawaraya Sōtatsu, Salamone Rossi, and Philip, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp.  Among people deceased in 1615, Melchior Vulpius ranks 19. Before him are Pieter Both, Sō Yoshitoshi, Marcantonio Memmo, Adriaan van Roomen, Lady Arbella Stuart, and ʽAbd al-Qadir Badayuni.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Melchior Vulpius ranks 4,666 out of 7,253. Before him are Ingrid Becker (1942), Reinhold Schünzel (1886), Louis Wirth (1897), Anneliese Rothenberger (1926), Jakob van Hoddis (1887), and Günter Kunert (1929). After him are Max Raabe (1962), August W. Eichler (1839), Rüdiger Abramczik (1956), Dieter Henrich (1927), Diana Damrau (1971), and Mary Roos (1949).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Melchior Vulpius ranks 170. Before him are Klaus Badelt (1967), Robert Franz (1815), Ludwig Abeille (1761), Boris Papandopulo (1906), Walter Braunfels (1882), and Oskar Sala (1910). After him are Johanna Kinkel (1810), Lukas Foss (1922), Kurt Thomas (1904), Udo Zimmermann (1943), Hauschka (1966), and Alexander Goehr (1932).

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