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Antonio Soler

1729 - 1783

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Antonio Francisco Javier José Soler Ramos, usually known as Padre ('Father', in the religious sense) Antonio Soler, known in Catalan as Antoni Soler i Ramos (baptized 3 December 1729 – died 20 December 1783) was a Spanish composer whose works span the late Baroque and early Classical music eras. He is best known for his many mostly one-movement keyboard sonatas. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antonio Soler is the 297th most popular composer (up from 337th in 2019), the 358th most popular biography from Spain (up from 448th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Spanish Composer.

Antonio Soler is most famous for his keyboard compositions. His music is considered to be in the baroque style.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Antonio Soler ranks 297 out of 1,451. Before him are Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Franz Benda, Ichirou Mizuki, Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Georg Böhm, and Gioseffo Zarlino. After him are Louis-Claude Daquin, Johann Jakob Froberger, Francesco Geminiani, Martin Agricola, Johann Baptist Wanhal, and Stephen Schwartz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1729, Antonio Soler ranks 10. Before him are Edmund Burke, Moses Mendelssohn, Lazzaro Spallanzani, Louis Antoine de Bougainville, Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain. After him are Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg, Johann Daniel Titius, Giuseppe Sarti, Johann Reinhold Forster, Florian Leopold Gassmann, and William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe. Among people deceased in 1783, Antonio Soler ranks 7. Before him are Leonhard Euler, Jean le Rond d'Alembert, Capability Brown, Johann Adolph Hasse, Étienne Bézout, and Yosa Buson. After him are Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, Grigory Orlov, Johann Kirnberger, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, and Johann Jakob Bodmer.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Antonio Soler ranks 358 out of 3,355. Before him are Carlos Ruiz Zafón (1964), Al-Qurtubi (1214), Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1402), Francisco Ferrer (1859), Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado (1643), and Arturo Pérez-Reverte (1951). After him are Miguel López de Legazpi (1502), Charles, Prince of Viana (1421), Jorge Semprún (1923), José Sanjurjo (1872), Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi (844), and Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso (-100).

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Among COMPOSERS In Spain

Among composers born in Spain, Antonio Soler ranks 7. Before him are Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548), Joaquín Rodrigo (1901), Francisco Tárrega (1852), Manuel de Falla (1876), Enrique Granados (1867), and Jordi Savall (1941). After him are Joaquín Turina (1882), Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga (1806), Gaspar Sanz (1640), Federico Mompou (1893), Antonio de Cabezón (1510), and Vicente Martín y Soler (1754).

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