Dresden

Country

German Democratic Republic

Coordinates

51.0493, 13.7381

History

• Dresden (–1206)
• Dresden (1206–1423), Holy Roman Empire
• Dresden (1423–1806), Electorate of Saxony
• Dresden (1806–1918), Kingdom of Saxony
• Dresden (1918–1945), German Reich
• Dresden (1945–1949), Soviet occupation zone of Germany
• Dresden (1949–1990), German Democratic Republic
• Dresden (1990–), Germany

Composers

• August Nörmiger (1560–1613), was born and died in Dresden
• Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672), died in Dresden
• Caspar Kittel (1603–1639), died in Dresden
• Johann Vierdanck (1605–1646), was born in Dresden
• Marco Giuseppe Peranda (1625–1675), died in Dresden
• Christoph Bernhard (1628–1692), died in Dresden
• Constantin Christian Dedekind (1628–1715), died in Dresden
• Carlo Pallavicino (1630–1688), died in Dresden
• Adam Krieger (1634–1666), died in Dresden
• Johann Wilhelm Furchheim (1635–1682), was born and died in Dresden
• Nicolaus Adam Strungk (1640–1700), died in Dresden
• Johann Paul von Westhoff (1656–1705), was born in Dresden
• Jean-Baptiste Volumier (1670–1728), died in Dresden
• Christian Petzold (1677–1733), died in Dresden
• Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679–1745), died in Dresden
• Johann David Heinichen (1683–1729), died in Dresden
• Johann Georg Pisendel (1687–1755), died in Dresden
• Giovanni Alberto Ristori (1692–1753), died in Dresden
• František Jiránek (1698–1778), died in Dresden
• Gottfried August Homilius (1714–1785), died in Dresden
• Johann Gottlieb Goldberg (1727–1756), died in Dresden
• Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741–1801), died in Dresden
• Jean Balthasar Tricklir (1750–1813), died in Dresden
• Friedrich Dotzauer (1783–1860), died in Dresden
• Princess Amalie of Saxony (1794–1870), was born in Dresden
• Helene Liebmann (1796–1835), died in Dresden
• Antonio Rolla (1798–1837), died in Dresden
• Hans von Bülow (1830–1894), was born in Dresden
• Theodor Leschetizky (1830–1915), died in Dresden
• Felix Draeseke (1835–1913), died in Dresden
• Friedrich Baumfelder (1836–1916), was born and died in Dresden
• Rudolf Dellinger (1857–1910), died in Dresden
• August Nölck (1862–1928), died in Dresden
• Carl Ehrenberg (1878–1962), was born in Dresden
• Theodor Blumer (1881–1964), was born in Dresden
• Rudolf Mauersberger (1889–1971), died in Dresden
• Johannes Paul Thilman (1906–1973), was born and died in Dresden
• Hans Werner Henze (1926–2012), died in Dresden
• Michael Gielen (1927–2019), was born in Dresden
• Udo Zimmermann (1943–2021), was born and died in Dresden
• Iryna Kyrylina (1955–2017), was born in Dresden