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Antonio Sacchini

1730 - 1786

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Antonio Maria Gasparo Gioacchino Sacchini (14 June 1730 – 6 October 1786) was an Italian classical era composer, best known for his operas. Sacchini was born in Florence, but raised in Naples, where he received his musical education. He made a name for himself as a composer of serious and comic opera in Italy before moving to London, where he produced works for the King's Theatre. He spent his final years in Paris, becoming embroiled in the musical dispute between the followers of the composers Gluck and Niccolò Piccinni. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antonio Sacchini is the 626th most popular composer (down from 485th in 2019), the 2,271st most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,871st in 2019) and the 109th most popular Italian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Antonio Sacchini ranks 626 out of 1,451. Before him are Carl Zeller, Luis de Milán, Bálint Bakfark, Johann Ludwig Krebs, Wilhelm Stenhammar, and Giuseppe Sammartini. After him are Isabella Leonarda, Johann Caspar Kerll, Franz Waxman, Stephen Foster, Jean-Féry Rebel, and Ludwig Senfl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1730, Antonio Sacchini ranks 16. Before him are Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prince Francis Xavier of Saxony, James Bruce, Otto Friedrich Müller, and Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham. After him are Motoori Norinaga, Augustin Pajou, Velu Nachiyar, William Hamilton, Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, and Johann Hedwig. Among people deceased in 1786, Antonio Sacchini ranks 13. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, John Goodricke, Eva Ekeblad, Gaspar de Portolá, Tokugawa Ieharu, and Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar. After him are John Stanley, Hans Joachim von Zieten, Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Pierre Poivre, John Byron, and Princess Amelia of Great Britain.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Antonio Sacchini ranks 2,271 out of 5,161. Before him are Margaret Paleologa (1510), Édouard Herzen (1877), Giuseppe Sammartini (1695), Théodolinde de Beauharnais (1814), Giuseppe Betori (1947), and Duris of Samos (-340). After him are Isabella Leonarda (1620), Hippocrates of Gela (-600), Corax of Syracuse (-500), Aulus Atilius Calatinus (-250), Amadeus I, Count of Savoy (1016), and Alessandro Salvio (1570).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Antonio Sacchini ranks 109. Before him are Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini (1720), Pietro Nardini (1722), Eduardo di Capua (1865), Riccardo Drigo (1846), Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli (1752), and Giuseppe Sammartini (1695). After him are Isabella Leonarda (1620), Ludwig Thuille (1861), Marc'Antonio Ingegneri (1535), Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880), Andrea Falconieri (1580), and Francesco Canova da Milano (1497).

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