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Alessandro Striggio

1540 - 1592

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Alessandro Striggio (c. 1536/1537 – 29 February 1592) was an Italian composer, instrumentalist and diplomat of the Renaissance. He composed numerous madrigals as well as dramatic music, and by combining the two, became the inventor of madrigal comedy. His compositions include the monumental Missa sopra Ecco sì beato giorno for up to 60 voices, rediscovered in 2005 after being lost for 400 years. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alessandro Striggio is the 1,058th most popular composer (down from 1,043rd in 2019), the 3,320th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,304th in 2019) and the 159th most popular Italian Composer.

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Among composers, Alessandro Striggio ranks 1,058 out of 1,451. Before him are Francisco Mignone, Johann Theile, Frederick Loewe, Sylvano Bussotti, Karen Khachaturian, and Joseph Lamb. After him are Igor Krutoy, Jan A. P. Kaczmarek, James MacMillan, Alexander Serov, Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, and Gustav Ernesaks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1540, Alessandro Striggio ranks 29. Before him are Hedwig of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Michael Rohoza, Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde, ʽAbd al-Qadir Badayuni, Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser, and Edmund Campion. After him is Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone. Among people deceased in 1592, Alessandro Striggio ranks 24. Before him are Michiel Coxie, Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Moderata Fonte, Sibylle of Saxony, Dorothea Susanne of Simmern, and Girolamo Cassar. After him are Dirck Barendsz, and Robert Greene.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Alessandro Striggio ranks 3,321 out of 5,161. Before him are Radoald of Benevento (650), Silvio Orlando (1957), Gian Piero Ventura (1948), Gaetano Savi (1769), Sylvano Bussotti (1931), and Francesco Mario Pagano (1748). After him are Giuseppe Piermarini (1734), Pietro Palazzini (1912), Dalila Di Lazzaro (1953), Giuseppe Baldo (1914), Vincenzo Cerami (1940), and Sergio Gonella (1933).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Alessandro Striggio ranks 159. Before him are Francesco Araja (1709), Alberto Franchetti (1860), Alessandro Grandi (1586), Marco da Gagliano (1582), Michele Carafa (1787), and Sylvano Bussotti (1931). After him are Lorenzo Perosi (1872), Franco Faccio (1840), Annibale Padovano (1527), Felice Anerio (1560), Giovanni Maria Nanino (1544), and Renzo Rossellini (1908).

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