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Ferdinando Carulli

1770 - 1841

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Ferdinando Maria Meinrado Francesco Pascale Rosario Carulli (9 February 1770 – 17 February 1841) was an Italian composer for classical guitar and the author of the influential Méthode complète pour guitare ou lyre, op. 27 (1810), which contains music still used by student guitarists today. He wrote a variety of works for classical guitar, including numerous solo and chamber works and several concertos. He was an extremely prolific writer, composing over 400 works for the instrument. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ferdinando Carulli is the 382nd most popular composer (down from 333rd in 2019), the 1,548th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,455th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular Italian Composer.

Ferdinando Carulli was a famous Italian composer and pianist. He is most famous for his études for the piano.

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Among composers, Ferdinando Carulli ranks 382 out of 1,451. Before him are Grażyna Bacewicz, Toru Takemitsu, Josef Rheinberger, Alexander Agricola, Louis Durey, and Nikolai Medtner. After him are Christian Gottlob Neefe, Giovanni Bottesini, Joaquín Turina, André Jolivet, Cole Porter, and Jacobus Gallus.

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Among people born in 1770, Ferdinando Carulli ranks 20. Before him are Theodoros Kolokotronis, Manuel Belgrano, Thomas Johann Seebeck, Princess Carolina of Parma, Alexandre Pétion, and George Canning. After him are Alexandre Brongniart, Adam Johann von Krusenstern, Pierre Cambronne, Jean Maximilien Lamarque, Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignano, and Zaman Shah Durrani. Among people deceased in 1841, Ferdinando Carulli ranks 16. Before him are Friedrich Sertürner, Johan August Arfwedson, Félix Savart, John Forsyth, Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde, and Honoré V, Prince of Monaco. After him are Tokugawa Ienari, Friedrich Parrot, Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Jean Victoir Audouin, Minh Mạng, and Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Ferdinando Carulli ranks 1,548 out of 5,161. Before him are Alessandra Mussolini (1962), Daniele Massaro (1961), Bonanno Pisano (1150), Carlo M. Cipolla (1922), Anita Pallenberg (1942), and Lucrezia de' Medici (1470). After him are Giuseppe Crespi (1665), Philippe Buonarroti (1761), Giovanni Sforza (1466), Catherine of Ricci (1522), Antipope Honorius II (1010), and Giovanni Bottesini (1821).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Ferdinando Carulli ranks 73. Before him are Riccardo Broschi (1698), Bernardo Pasquini (1637), Leonardo Leo (1694), Franco Alfano (1875), Alfredo Casella (1883), and Alessandro Stradella (1643). After him are Giovanni Bottesini (1821), Giovanni Legrenzi (1626), Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco (1675), Adriano Banchieri (1568), Domenico Zipoli (1688), and Francesco Cilea (1866).

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