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Alexander Agricola

1446 - 1506

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Alexander Agricola (; born Alexander Ackerman; c. 1446 – 15 August 1506) was a Netherlandish composer of the Renaissance writing in the Franco-Flemish style. A prominent member of the Grande chapelle, the Habsburg musical establishment, he was a renowned composer in the years around 1500, and his music was widely distributed throughout Europe. He composed music in all of the important sacred and secular styles of the time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Agricola is the 379th most popular composer (up from 416th in 2019), the 190th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 205th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Belgian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Alexander Agricola ranks 379 out of 1,451Before him are John Dunstaple, Ernest Ansermet, Alessandro Stradella, Grażyna Bacewicz, Toru Takemitsu, and Josef Rheinberger. After him are Louis Durey, Nikolai Medtner, Ferdinando Carulli, Christian Gottlob Neefe, Giovanni Bottesini, and Joaquín Turina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1446, Alexander Agricola ranks 3Before him are Pietro Perugino, and Margaret of York. After him are Charles of Valois, Duke of Berry, Francesco Botticini, Ippolita Maria Sforza, and Charles IV of Anjou. Among people deceased in 1506, Alexander Agricola ranks 9Before him are Andrea Mantegna, Yeonsangun of Joseon, Anne of Foix-Candale, Alexander Jagiellon, Sesshū Tōyō, and Sultan Husayn Bayqara. After him are Beatriz, Duchess of Viseu, Sancha of Aragon, João I of Kongo, and Robert Henryson.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Alexander Agricola ranks 190 out of 1,190Before him are Henri, Count of Paris (1933), Eugène Joseph Delporte (1882), Eugène Charles Catalan (1814), Fernand Khnopff (1858), Juliana of Liège (1193), and Constantin Meunier (1831). After him are Lara Fabian (1970), Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne (1735), The Singing Nun (1933), Clara Peeters (1594), Raymond Goethals (1921), and Zénobe Gramme (1826).

Among COMPOSERS In Belgium

Among composers born in Belgium, Alexander Agricola ranks 15Before him are Jacob Obrecht (1457), Eugène Ysaÿe (1858), Jacques Arcadelt (1507), Pierre De Geyter (1848), Cipriano de Rore (1515), and Heinrich Isaac (1450). After him are Charles Auguste de Bériot (1802), Johannes Tinctoris (1435), Pierre de la Rue (1460), Jean Absil (1893), Philippe Herreweghe (1947), and Johannes Ciconia (1370).