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Federico Moreno Torroba

1891 - 1982

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Federico Moreno Torroba (3 March 1891 – 12 September 1982) was a Spanish composer, conductor, and theatrical impresario. He is especially remembered for his contributions to the classical guitar repertoire, becoming one of the leading twentieth-century composers for the instrument. He was also one of the foremost composers of zarzuelas, a form of Spanish light opera. His 1932 zarzuela Luisa Fernanda has proved to be enduringly popular. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Federico Moreno Torroba is the 881st most popular composer (up from 981st in 2019), the 1,077th most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,213th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Spanish Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Federico Moreno Torroba ranks 881 out of 1,451. Before him are Frank Bridge, Louis Andriessen, Giuseppe Martucci, Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Selim Palmgren, and Keiko Abe. After him are Daniel Gottlob Türk, Pietro Filippo Scarlatti, Joseph Canteloube, Käbi Laretei, Jeanne Demessieux, and Johann Jacob Bach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Federico Moreno Torroba ranks 149. Before him are Pedro Salinas, Charles Bickford, Zora Neale Hurston, Oskar Kummetz, José Enrique Varela, and Mischa Elman. After him are Vittorio Jano, Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife, Erik Almlöf, Franz Kaiser, Henry Tandey, and Kurt von der Chevallerie. Among people deceased in 1982, Federico Moreno Torroba ranks 129. Before him are Georg Leibbrandt, Igor Gouzenko, Allen Woodring, Carlos Vidal, Kim Duk-koo, and BP Koirala. After him are Ulla Jacobsson, Harald Ertl, Art Pepper, Jean Effel, Khalid al-Islambouli, and Teinosuke Kinugasa.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Federico Moreno Torroba ranks 1,077 out of 3,355. Before him are Julio Jiménez (1934), Joan Brossa (1919), Paco Ibáñez (1934), José Enrique Varela (1891), Manuel José Quintana (1772), and Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo (1450). After him are Segundo de Chomón (1871), Enrique Irazoqui (1944), Juan Manuel Asensi (1949), María Mercader (1918), Luis Fernández (1959), and Ibn Zaydún (1003).

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Among COMPOSERS In Spain

Among composers born in Spain, Federico Moreno Torroba ranks 27. Before him are Diego Ortiz (1510), Alberto Iglesias (1955), Gaspar Cassadó (1897), Luis de Narváez (1500), Robert Gerhard (1896), and Xavier Montsalvatge (1912). After him are Luis de Pablo (1930), Cristóbal Halffter (1930), Ruperto Chapí (1851), Francisco Asenjo Barbieri (1823), Emilio Arrieta (1823), and Antón García Abril (1933).

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