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Picander

1700 - 1764

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Christian Friedrich Henrici (January 14, 1700 – May 10, 1764), writing under the pen name Picander, was a German poet and librettist for many of the cantatas which Johann Sebastian Bach composed in Leipzig. Henrici was born in Stolpen. He studied law at Wittenberg and Leipzig. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Picander has received more than 79,809 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Picander is the 2,995th most popular writer (up from 3,688th in 2019), the 3,127th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,541st in 2019) and the 191st most popular German Writer.

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  • 80k

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  • 52.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Passionmusik
1855

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Picander ranks 2,995 out of 7,302. Before him are Jim Rohn, Juan Ruiz, Miguel Torga, Wallada bint al-Mustakfi, Esaias Tegnér, and Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand. After him are Georges Schehadé, Arctinus of Miletus, John Cleland, Friedrich Wolf, John Perkins, and Richard Dehmel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1700, Picander ranks 24. Before him are Teimuraz II of Kakheti, Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg, Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Charles-Joseph Natoire, Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, and Joannicius III of Constantinople. After him are John Christian, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, Michel Blavet, Semyon Chelyuskin, Stanisław Konarski, Pietro Bracci, and Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. Among people deceased in 1764, Picander ranks 14. Before him are Jean-Marie Leclair, Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Erik Pontoppidan, Francesco Algarotti, William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, and Sophie Caroline of Brandenburg-Kulmbach. After him are Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Semyon Chelyuskin, Hans Adolph Brorson, and Nathaniel Bliss.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Picander ranks 3,127 out of 7,253. Before him are Werner March (1894), Adolf Diekmann (1914), Fatih Akin (1973), Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe (1859), Christian Ferdinand Abel (1682), and Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe (1821). After him are Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal (1667), Meryem Uzerli (1983), Friedrich Wolf (1888), Felix von Luckner (1881), Alexander Braun (1805), and Adolph VIII, Count of Holstein (1401).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Picander ranks 191. Before him are Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1772), Joseph Görres (1776), Albert of Aix (1060), Ricarda Huch (1864), Alfred Andersch (1914), and Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths (1759). After him are Friedrich Wolf (1888), Richard Dehmel (1863), Hans Erich Nossack (1901), Arno Schmidt (1914), Elia Levita (1469), and Princess Alexandra of Bavaria (1826).

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