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Cesare Pugni

1802 - 1870

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Cesare Pugni (Italian pronunciation: [ˈtʃeːzare ˈpuɲɲi, ˈtʃɛː-]; Russian: Цезарь Пуни, romanized: Cezar' Puni; 31 May 1802, in Genoa – 26 January [O.S. 14 January] 1870) was an Italian composer of ballet music, a pianist and a violinist. He studied composition with Bonifazio Asioli and violin with Alessandro Rolla. In his early career he composed operas, symphonies, and various other forms of orchestral music. Pugni is most noted for the ballets he composed for Her Majesty's Theatre in London (1843–1850), and for the Imperial Theatres in St. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cesare Pugni is the 842nd most popular composer (down from 740th in 2019), the 2,806th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,604th in 2019) and the 136th most popular Italian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Cesare Pugni ranks 842 out of 1,451. Before him are George Crumb, Rebecca Clarke, Salvatore Sciarrino, La Monte Young, Elliott Carter, and Nicolas Gombert. After him are Heino Eller, Edmond Audran, István Kertész, Shunsuke Kikuchi, Koichi Sugiyama, and Aimeric de Peguilhan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1802, Cesare Pugni ranks 37. Before him are Carl Ritter von Ghega, Mariano Arista, Adolphe Nourrit, Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg, Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, and Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym. After him are Louis Niedermeyer, Ion Heliade Rădulescu, Niccolò Tommaseo, Prince Franz de Paula of Liechtenstein, Adolphe d'Archiac, and Adolphe Niel. Among people deceased in 1870, Cesare Pugni ranks 38. Before him are Charles Xavier Thomas, Pieter Bleeker, Karel Jaromír Erben, Arthur Saint-Léon, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, and Prince Frederick of Württemberg. After him are Alexei Lvov, Majid bin Said of Zanzibar, James Young Simpson, Imre Frivaldszky, Princess Amalie of Saxony, and Charles Forbes René de Montalembert.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Cesare Pugni ranks 2,806 out of 5,161. Before him are Gabry Ponte (1973), Giuseppe Fiorelli (1823), Pietro Mocenigo (1406), Aemilius Macer (null), Milena Canonero (1946), and Pietro Grimani (1677). After him are Nicola Di Bari (1940), Appius Claudius Pulcher (-130), Christian Abbiati (1977), Niccolò Zucchi (1586), Giovanni della Casa (1503), and Guy, Margrave of Tuscany (900).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Cesare Pugni ranks 136. Before him are Luzzasco Luzzaschi (1545), Piero Piccioni (1921), Francesco Feo (1691), Giovanni Artusi (1540), Emanuele d'Astorga (1680), and Salvatore Sciarrino (1947). After him are Temistocle Solera (1815), Pietro Filippo Scarlatti (1679), Armando Trovajoli (1917), Giuseppe Gazzaniga (1743), Nicola Fago (1677), and Antonio Bertali (1605).

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