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Alessandro Rolla

1757 - 1841

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Alessandro Rolla (Italian pronunciation: [alesˈsandro ˈrɔlla]; 23 April 1757 – 14 September 1841) was an Italian viola and violin virtuoso, composer, conductor and teacher. His son, Antonio Rolla, was also a violin virtuoso and composer. His fame now rests mainly as "teacher of the great Paganini", yet his role was very important in the development of violin and viola technique. Some of the technical innovations that Paganini later utilized largely, such as left-hand pizzicato, chromatic ascending and descending scales, the use of very high positions on violin and viola, octave passages, were first introduced by Rolla. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alessandro Rolla is the 984th most popular composer (down from 980th in 2019), the 3,155th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,112th in 2019) and the 150th most popular Italian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Alessandro Rolla ranks 984 out of 1,451. Before him are Arnold Mendelssohn, Miina Härma, Bojan Adamič, Édouard Deldevez, August Enna, and Carlo Rustichelli. After him are Princess Amalie of Saxony, Ivan Larionov, Nicola Piovani, José Vianna da Motta, Ivan Galamian, and Johann Joseph Abert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1757, Alessandro Rolla ranks 34. Before him are Vladimir Borovikovsky, Louis-Sébastien Lenormand, Princess Maria Amalia of Saxony, Albrecht Wilhelm Roth, Étienne Pierre Ventenat, and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton. After him are Pál Kitaibel, Wojciech Bogusławski, Thomas Telford, James Sowerby, Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, and John Adair. Among people deceased in 1841, Alessandro Rolla ranks 33. Before him are Princess Augusta of Prussia, Franz Xaver von Baader, Agustín Gamarra, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Bernhard Romberg, and Peter Andreas Heiberg. After him are Louis de Freycinet, Ignaz von Seyfried, Luis Eduardo Pérez, Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg, Georg Anton Friedrich Ast, and David Don.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Alessandro Rolla ranks 3,156 out of 5,161. Before him are Pupi Avati (1938), Benedetto Antelami (1150), Lorenzo Cybo de Mari (1450), Carlo Rustichelli (1916), Mantovani (1905), and Quintus Marcius Philippus (-229). After him are Maria Grazia Cucinotta (1968), Giancarlo De Sisti (1943), Vittorio Adorni (1937), Sempronia (-200), Nicola Piovani (1946), and Giancarlo Ferrari (1942).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Alessandro Rolla ranks 150. Before him are Giovanni Animuccia (1520), Giovanni Battista Bassani (1650), Franco Donatoni (1927), Francesco Provenzale (1632), Valentino Fioravanti (1764), and Carlo Rustichelli (1916). After him are Nicola Piovani (1946), Attilio Ariosti (1666), Francesco Araja (1709), Alberto Franchetti (1860), Alessandro Grandi (1586), and Marco da Gagliano (1582).

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