1570 - 1615
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 28,737 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 16 in 2019). Melchior Vulpius is the 1,138th most popular composer (down from 986th in 2019), the 4,148th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,550th in 2019) and the 166th most popular German Composer.
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Among composers, Melchior Vulpius ranks 1,138 out of 1,216. Before him are Thomas Linley the younger, Eduard Künneke, Leonard Rosenman, Akira Yamaoka, Lukas Foss, and Eddie Meduza. After him are William Sterndale Bennett, Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi, Arthur Bliss, Oskar Kolberg, Johann Nepomuk David, and Thomas Morley.
1756 - 1778
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 1,132
1885 - 1953
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 1,133
1924 - 2008
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 1,134
1968 - Present
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 1,135
1922 - 2009
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 1,136
1948 - 2002
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 1,137
1570 - 1615
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 1,138
1816 - 1875
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 1,139
1907 - 1979
HPI: 46.41
Rank: 1,140
1891 - 1975
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 1,141
1814 - 1890
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 1,142
1895 - 1977
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 1,143
1557 - 1602
HPI: 46.30
Rank: 1,144
Among people born in 1570, Melchior Vulpius ranks 16. Before him are Hendrick van Balen the Elder, Péter Pázmány, Abraham Janssens, Alessandro Salvio, Tawaraya Sōtatsu, and Salamone Rossi. Among people deceased in 1615, Melchior Vulpius ranks 15. Before him are Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, Claudio Acquaviva, Pieter Both, Marcantonio Memmo, and Adriaan van Roomen.
1570 - 1632
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 10
1570 - 1637
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 11
1570 - 1632
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 12
1570 - 1640
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 13
1570 - 1643
HPI: 51.60
Rank: 14
1570 - 1630
HPI: 50.41
Rank: 15
1570 - 1615
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 16
1550 - 1615
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 9
1535 - 1615
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 10
1543 - 1615
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 11
1568 - 1615
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 12
1536 - 1615
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 13
1561 - 1615
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 14
1570 - 1615
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 15
Among people born in Germany, Melchior Vulpius ranks 4,148 out of 6,142. Before him are Georg Calixtus (1586), Lukas Foss (1922), Hans Carl Friedrich von Mangoldt (1854), Albrecht Berblinger (1770), Albert Brülls (1937), and Heiko Maas (1966). After him are Ellen von Unwerth (1954), Hermann Gunkel (1862), Fritz von Unruh (1885), Peter Schreyer (1953), Nicole (1964), and Manfred Eicher (1943).
1586 - 1656
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 4,142
1922 - 2009
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 4,143
1854 - 1925
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 4,144
1770 - 1829
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 4,145
1937 - 2004
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 4,146
1966 - Present
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 4,147
1570 - 1615
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 4,148
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 4,149
1862 - 1932
HPI: 46.45
Rank: 4,150
1885 - 1970
HPI: 46.44
Rank: 4,151
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 4,152
1964 - Present
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 4,153
1943 - Present
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 4,154
Among composers born in Germany, Melchior Vulpius ranks 166. Before him are Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg (1718), Julius Benedict (1804), Ludwig Abeille (1761), Klaus Badelt (1967), Eduard Künneke (1885), and Lukas Foss (1922). After him are Ludger Stühlmeyer (1961), Alexander Goehr (1932), Samuel Adler (1928), Gus Kahn (1886), and Masashi Hamauzu (1971).
1718 - 1795
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 160
1804 - 1885
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 161
1761 - 1838
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 162
1967 - Present
HPI: 47.47
Rank: 163
1885 - 1953
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 164
1922 - 2009
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 165
1570 - 1615
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 166
1961 - Present
HPI: 40.73
Rank: 167
1932 - Present
HPI: 40.31
Rank: 168
1928 - Present
HPI: 39.46
Rank: 169
1886 - 1941
HPI: 38.15
Rank: 170
1971 - Present
HPI: 36.77
Rank: 171