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Francesco Geminiani

1687 - 1762

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Francesco Xaverio Geminiani (baptised 5 December 1687 – 17 September 1762) was an Italian violinist, composer, and music theorist. BBC Radio 3 once described him as "now largely forgotten, but in his time considered almost a musical god, deemed to be the equal of Handel and Corelli". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francesco Geminiani is the 300th most popular composer (down from 253rd in 2019), the 1,272nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,147th in 2019) and the 60th most popular Italian Composer.

Francesco Geminiani is most famous for being a violinist and composer. He also wrote a violin method, which is still in use today.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Francesco Geminiani ranks 300 out of 1,451. Before him are Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Georg Böhm, Gioseffo Zarlino, Antonio Soler, Louis-Claude Daquin, and Johann Jakob Froberger. After him are Martin Agricola, Johann Baptist Wanhal, Stephen Schwartz, Dimitri Tiomkin, Gustave Charpentier, and Pierre De Geyter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1687, Francesco Geminiani ranks 4. Before him are John William Friso, Prince of Orange, Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, and Giambattista Pittoni. After him are Johann Georg Pisendel, Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Balthasar Neumann, Johann Heinrich Schulze, Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Nicolaus I Bernoulli, William Stukeley, and Robert Simson. Among people deceased in 1762, Francesco Geminiani ranks 10. Before him are Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, Emperor Momozono, James Bradley, Crown Prince Sado, Archduchess Maria Johanna Gabriela of Austria, and Shah Waliullah Dehlawi. After him are Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Tobias Mayer, Jean Calas, Dorothea Erxleben, and Françoise-Louise de Warens.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Francesco Geminiani ranks 1,272 out of 5,161. Before him are Beppe Grillo (1948), Filarete (1400), Auguste, Duke of Leuchtenberg (1810), Romano Guardini (1885), Charles I, Duke of Savoy (1468), and Franco Columbu (1941). After him are Lella Lombardi (1941), Angelo Schiavio (1905), Giovanni Sartori (1924), Gianpiero Combi (1902), Mario Del Monaco (1915), and Giuseppe Castiglione (1688).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Francesco Geminiani ranks 60. Before him are Antonio Caldara (1670), Francesco Landini (1325), Giovanni Battista Sammartini (1700), Andrea Luchesi (1741), Saverio Mercadante (1795), and Gioseffo Zarlino (1517). After him are Niccolò Jommelli (1714), Antonio Lotti (1667), Pietro Della Valle (1586), Luca Marenzio (1553), Francesco Gasparini (1668), and Francesco Durante (1684).

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