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Francisco Asenjo Barbieri

1823 - 1894

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Francisco Asenjo Barbieri (3 August 1823 – 19 February 1894) was a well-known composer of the popular Spanish opera form, zarzuela. His works include: El barberillo de Lavapiés, Jugar con fuego, Pan y toros, Don Quijote, Los diamantes de la corona, and El Diablo en el poder. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francisco Asenjo Barbieri is the 1,202nd most popular composer (down from 1,182nd in 2019), the 1,570th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,544th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Spanish Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Francisco Asenjo Barbieri ranks 1,202 out of 1,451. Before him are Fred Frith, Fartein Valen, Alan Hovhaness, Shlomo Mintz, Italo Montemezzi, and Thomas Linley the younger. After him are Dimitri Arakishvili, Leonel Power, Camille Erlanger, William Bolcom, Eino Tamberg, and Michael William Balfe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1823, Francisco Asenjo Barbieri ranks 70. Before him are Oscar Dickson, Gonçalves Dias, Daniel Harrwitz, Ernest Reyer, John Evans, and Dmitry Tolstoy. After him are Emilio Arrieta, William M. Tweed, Guillermo Tell Villegas, Manolache Costache Epureanu, Charlotte Mary Yonge, and Sanford Robinson Gifford. Among people deceased in 1894, Francisco Asenjo Barbieri ranks 74. Before him are Illarion Pryanishnikov, Baron Karl von Hasenauer, Verney Lovett Cameron, Alphons Czibulka, William Dwight Whitney, and Adolf Friedrich von Schack. After him are Emilio Arrieta, José Eugenio Ellauri, Kitamura Tokoku, Victor Duruy, George Romanes, and Svend Foyn.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Francisco Asenjo Barbieri ranks 1,570 out of 3,355. Before him are Ana Torroja (1959), Francisco Martínez Soria (1902), Julián Besteiro (1870), Abelardo Fernández (1970), Marcelo González Martín (1918), and Maria del Mar Bonet (1947). After him are Xosé María Díaz Castro (1914), Victoriano Guisasola y Menéndez (1852), Nacho Vidal (1973), Daniel Jarque (1983), Saúl Ñíguez (1994), and Guillermo Eizaguirre (1909).

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Among COMPOSERS In Spain

Among composers born in Spain, Francisco Asenjo Barbieri ranks 31. Before him are Robert Gerhard (1896), Xavier Montsalvatge (1912), Federico Moreno Torroba (1891), Luis de Pablo (1930), Cristóbal Halffter (1930), and Ruperto Chapí (1851). After him are Emilio Arrieta (1823), Antón García Abril (1933), Federico Chueca (1846), Vicente Amigo (1967), and Javier Navarrete (1956).

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