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Alonso Mudarra

1510 - 1580

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Alonso Mudarra (c. 1510 – April 1, 1580) was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance, and also played the vihuela, a guitar-shaped string instrument. He was an innovative composer of instrumental music as well as songs, and was the composer of the earliest surviving music for the guitar. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alonso Mudarra is the 688th most popular composer (up from 701st in 2019), the 882nd most popular biography from Spain (up from 889th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Spanish Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Alonso Mudarra ranks 688 out of 1,451. Before him are Joseph Hellmesberger Jr., Jeremiah Clarke, Oskar Merikanto, Giovanni Battista Vitali, Toshi Ichiyanagi, and Zbigniew Preisner. After him are Jakov Gotovac, Jerome Kern, Maurice Emmanuel, Josip Runjanin, Augusta Holmès, and Carmine Coppola.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1510, Alonso Mudarra ranks 25. Before him are Francesco de' Rossi, Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, Guillaume Postel, Bernard Palissy, Margaret Paleologa, and Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg. After him are Andrea Schiavone, Diego Ortiz, Bonaventure des Périers, Tullia d'Aragona, Ivan Fyodorov, and Ferenc Dávid. Among people deceased in 1580, Alonso Mudarra ranks 16. Before him are Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly, Juliana of Stolberg, Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine, Inés Suárez, Giovanni Morone, and Philippine Welser. After him are Marie of Baden-Sponheim, Jerónimo Zurita y Castro, and Raphael Holinshed.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Alonso Mudarra ranks 882 out of 3,355. Before him are Jorge Guillén (1893), Vicente Aranda (1926), Joan Segarra (1927), Ferrer Bassa (1285), Julio Salinas (1962), and Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo (983). After him are Gil Álvarez Carrillo de Albornoz (1310), Andoni Goikoetxea Olaskoaga (1956), Josep Maria Fusté (1941), Sergio Busquets (1988), Pedro Alonso (1971), and Luis Regueiro (1908).

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Among COMPOSERS In Spain

Among composers born in Spain, Alonso Mudarra ranks 18. Before him are Antonio de Cabezón (1510), Vicente Martín y Soler (1754), Sebastián Iradier (1809), Luis de Milán (1500), Felip Pedrell (1841), and Francisco Guerrero (1528). After him are Xavier Cugat (1900), Juan Bautista Cabanilles (1644), Diego Ortiz (1510), Alberto Iglesias (1955), Gaspar Cassadó (1897), and Luis de Narváez (1500).

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