COMPOSER

Simon Mayr

1763 - 1845

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Johann(es) Simon Mayr (also spelled Majer, Mayer, Maier), also known in Italian as Giovanni Simone Mayr or Simone Mayr (14 June 1763 – 2 December 1845), was a German composer. His music reflects the transition from the Classical to the Romantic musical era. In 1805 he founded the Bergamo Conservatory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Simon Mayr has received more than 75,698 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Simon Mayr is the 488th most popular composer (down from 466th in 2019), the 1,915th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,797th in 2019) and the 75th most popular German Composer.

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  • 56.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Simon Mayr ranks 488 out of 1,451. Before him are Charles Auguste de Bériot, Hans Christian Lumbye, Florent Schmitt, Antonio Sacchini, Dora Pejačević, and Karel Svoboda. After him are Arno Babajanian, Giuseppe Sarti, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Johann Adam Hiller, Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, and Antonio de Cabezón.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1763, Simon Mayr ranks 19. Before him are Xavier de Maistre, Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden, Joseph Fesch, Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, Étienne Méhul, and Franz Danzi. After him are Pierre Gaspard Chaumette, François de Charette, François-Joseph Talma, John Jacob Astor, Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, and Domenico Dragonetti. Among people deceased in 1845, Simon Mayr ranks 14. Before him are Louis-Léopold Boilly, Jean Charles Athanase Peltier, Bernardino Rivadavia, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia, Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach, and Isabella Colbran. After him are Henrik Wergeland, Nicolas Théodore de Saussure, Dominique, comte de Cassini, Nikoloz Baratashvili, George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and Jónas Hallgrímsson.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Simon Mayr ranks 1,915 out of 7,253. Before him are Elvira Madigan (1867), Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1667), Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke (1889), Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach (1800), Ulrich von Hassell (1881), and Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1647). After him are Ulric Neisser (1928), Frederick of Utrecht (780), William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1602), Franz Xaver von Baader (1765), Gustaf Gründgens (1899), and Prince Konrad of Bavaria (1883).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Simon Mayr ranks 75. Before him are Christoph Graupner (1683), Johann Gottfried Walther (1684), Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667), Albert Lortzing (1801), Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach (1759), and Johann Kirnberger (1721). After him are Franz Abt (1819), Peter Cornelius (1824), Carl Friedrich Zelter (1758), Curt Sachs (1881), Fredrik Pacius (1809), and Johann Christoph Bach (1671).

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