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Andrea Gabrieli

1533 - 1585

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Andrea Gabrieli (1532/1533 – August 30, 1585) was an Italian composer and organist of the late Renaissance. The uncle of the somewhat more famous Giovanni Gabrieli, he was the first internationally renowned member of the Venetian School of composers, and was extremely influential in spreading the Venetian style in Italy as well as in Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andrea Gabrieli is the 223rd most popular composer (down from 219th in 2019), the 1,029th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,037th in 2019) and the 47th most popular Italian Composer.

Andrea Gabrieli is most famous for being the founder of the Venetian School of Music. He was a composer, organist, and harpsichordist.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Andrea Gabrieli ranks 223 out of 1,451. Before him are Josef Mysliveček, Francesca Caccini, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Josef Suk, Eugène Ysaÿe, and Johann Georg Albrechtsberger. After him are Ludwig Minkus, Fromental Halévy, Benedetto Marcello, Franz Xaver Süssmayr, Lili Boulanger, and Philippe de Vitry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1533, Andrea Gabrieli ranks 9. Before him are William the Silent, Stephen Báthory, Eric XIV of Sweden, Giacomo della Porta, Ismail II, and Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara. After him are Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland, Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Abdullah Khan II, Mōri Terumoto, Claudio Merulo, and Hieronymus Fabricius. Among people deceased in 1585, Andrea Gabrieli ranks 5. Before him are Pope Gregory XIII, Pierre de Ronsard, Yermak Timofeyevich, and Ismihan Sultan. After him are Thomas Tallis, Rembert Dodoens, Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony, Pontus De la Gardie, Luca Cambiaso, and Nicolò da Ponte.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Andrea Gabrieli ranks 1,029 out of 5,161. Before him are Emma Morano (1899), Stesichorus (-630), Italo Balbo (1896), Barbara Strozzi (1619), Ibycus (-600), and Julius Caesar Scaliger (1484). After him are Charles Martel of Anjou (1271), Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1634), Il Sodoma (1477), Benedetto Marcello (1686), Dino De Laurentiis (1919), and Andrea Camilleri (1925).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Andrea Gabrieli ranks 47. Before him are Niccolò Piccinni (1728), Luigi Nono (1924), Vittorio Monti (1868), Leonardo Vinci (1690), Umberto Giordano (1867), and Francesca Caccini (1587). After him are Benedetto Marcello (1686), Giacomo Carissimi (1605), Pietro Locatelli (1695), Alessandro Marcello (1673), Gaspare Spontini (1774), and Maurizio Pollini (1942).

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