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Samuel Scheidt

1587 - 1654

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Samuel Scheidt (baptised 3 November 1587 – 24 March 1654) was a German composer, organist and teacher of the early Baroque era. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samuel Scheidt has received more than 112,065 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel Scheidt is the 358th most popular composer (down from 336th in 2019), the 1,465th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,274th in 2019) and the 54th most popular German Composer.

Samuel Scheidt is most famous for his work in the development of the modern keyboard. He also wrote a book on music theory and composed many compositions for organ, harpsichord, and clavichord.

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  • 59.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Samuel Scheidt ranks 358 out of 1,451. Before him are Vladimir Cosma, Josef Rheinberger, Hugo Riemann, Ichirou Mizuki, Michel Richard Delalande, and Jacobus Gallus. After him are Ignaz Moscheles, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Willem Mengelberg, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Luca Marenzio, and Jan Ladislav Dussek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1587, Samuel Scheidt ranks 6. Before him are Francesca Caccini, Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy, Joost van den Vondel, Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, and Jan Pieterszoon Coen. After him are Stefano Landi, Virginia Centurione Bracelli, Magdalene of Bavaria, Esaias van de Velde, Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, and Johannes Fabricius. Among people deceased in 1654, Samuel Scheidt ranks 10. Before him are Carel Fabritius, Emperor Go-Kōmyō, Paulus Potter, Johannes Valentinus Andreae, Peter Claver, and İslâm III Giray. After him are Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, Jacques Lemercier, Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler, Ole Worm, Matei Basarab, and Athanasius III of Constantinople.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Samuel Scheidt ranks 1,465 out of 7,253. Before him are Princess Feodora of Leiningen (1807), Aenne Burda (1909), Günther Blumentritt (1892), Siegfried Lenz (1926), Ernst-Günther Schenck (1904), and Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden (1857). After him are Matilda of Frisia (1024), Werner Best (1903), Johann Eck (1486), Amschel Mayer Rothschild (1773), Anton von Werner (1843), and Peter Minuit (1589).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Samuel Scheidt ranks 54. Before him are Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748), Johann Schein (1586), Hans Leo Hassler (1564), Johann Kuhnau (1660), Karl Richter (1926), and Hugo Riemann (1849). After him are Wolfgang Wagner (1919), Carl Heinrich Graun (1704), Johann Georg Pisendel (1687), Nicolaus Bruhns (1665), Carl Loewe (1796), and Alfred Einstein (1880).

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