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Claudio Monteverdi

1567 - 1643

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Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (baptized 15 May 1567 – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, choirmaster and string player. A composer of both secular and sacred music, and a pioneer in the development of opera, he is considered a crucial transitional figure between the Renaissance and Baroque periods of music history. Born in Cremona, where he undertook his first musical studies and compositions, Monteverdi developed his career first at the court of Mantua (c. 1590–1613) and then until his death in the Republic of Venice where he was maestro di cappella at the basilica of San Marco. His surviving letters give insight into the life of a professional musician in Italy of the period, including problems of income, patronage and politics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Claudio Monteverdi is the 23rd most popular composer (down from 21st in 2019), the 86th most popular biography from Italy (down from 67th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Italian Composer.

Claudio Monteverdi is most famous for his opera "L'Orfeo" which was one of the first operas ever written.

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Among composers, Claudio Monteverdi ranks 23 out of 1,451. Before him are Johann Strauss II, Robert Schumann, Gioachino Rossini, Felix Mendelssohn, Edvard Grieg, and Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. After him are Maurice Ravel, Hector Berlioz, Georges Bizet, Claude Debussy, Bedřich Smetana, and Jacques Offenbach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1567, Claudio Monteverdi ranks 1. After him are Francis de Sales, Maurice, Prince of Orange, Samuel de Champlain, Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain, Date Masamune, Willem Schouten, Eleanor de' Medici, Sanada Yukimura, Jacques Clément, Honoré d'Urfé, and Jindřich Matyáš Thurn. Among people deceased in 1643, Claudio Monteverdi ranks 2. Before him is Louis XIII of France. After him are Hong Taiji, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Sophia Brahe, Paul Guldin, François Duquesnoy, Giovanni Baglione, Hendrik Brouwer, Benedetto Castelli, Jean du Vergier de Hauranne, and Herman Wrangel.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Claudio Monteverdi ranks 86 out of 5,161. Before him are Domitian (51), Pope Urban VIII (1568), Pope Pius VI (1717), Empedocles (-490), Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598), and Guglielmo Marconi (1874). After him are Pope Innocent III (1160), Pope Pius III (1439), Sophia Loren (1934), Florence Nightingale (1820), Luciano Pavarotti (1935), and Enrico Fermi (1901).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Claudio Monteverdi ranks 5. Before him are Antonio Vivaldi (1678), Giuseppe Verdi (1813), Giacomo Puccini (1858), and Gioachino Rossini (1792). After him are Ennio Morricone (1928), Domenico Scarlatti (1685), Antonio Salieri (1750), Gaetano Donizetti (1797), Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632), Tomaso Albinoni (1671), and Guido of Arezzo (991).

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