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Gioseffo Zarlino

1517 - 1590

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Gioseffo Zarlino (31 January or 22 March 1517 – 4 February 1590) was an Italian music theorist and composer of the Renaissance. He made a large contribution to the theory of counterpoint as well as to musical tuning. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gioseffo Zarlino is the 296th most popular composer (down from 271st in 2019), the 1,262nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,220th in 2019) and the 59th most popular Italian Composer.

Gioseffo Zarlino was a composer and music theorist who is most famous for his book "The Art of Counterpoint" which was published in 1558.

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Among composers, Gioseffo Zarlino ranks 296 out of 1,451. Before him are Princess Maria Antonia Koháry, Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Franz Benda, Ichirou Mizuki, Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, and Georg Böhm. After him are Antonio Soler, Louis-Claude Daquin, Johann Jakob Froberger, Francesco Geminiani, Martin Agricola, and Johann Baptist Wanhal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1517, Gioseffo Zarlino ranks 5. Before him are Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Emperor Ōgimachi, Gotthard Kettler, and Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk. After him are Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, Francis I, Duke of Lorraine, Rembert Dodoens, Li Shizhen, Pierre Belon, Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort, and Jacques Pelletier du Mans. Among people deceased in 1590, Gioseffo Zarlino ranks 7. Before him are Pope Urban VII, Pope Sixtus V, Charles II, Archduke of Austria, Ambroise Paré, Archduchess Anna of Austria, and Christina of Denmark. After him are Bernardino de Sahagún, Francis Walsingham, Catherine of Ricci, Marietta Robusti, Maddalena Casulana, and Giambattista Benedetti.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Gioseffo Zarlino ranks 1,262 out of 5,161. Before him are Lorenzo Monaco (1370), Antonio Segni (1891), Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1776), Lars Porsena (-600), Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares (1587), and Rustichello da Pisa (1290). After him are Ugo Tognazzi (1922), Federico Zuccari (1539), Arnold of Brescia (1100), Beppe Grillo (1948), Filarete (1400), and Auguste, Duke of Leuchtenberg (1810).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Gioseffo Zarlino ranks 59. Before him are Maurizio Pollini (1942), Antonio Caldara (1670), Francesco Landini (1325), Giovanni Battista Sammartini (1700), Andrea Luchesi (1741), and Saverio Mercadante (1795). After him are Francesco Geminiani (1687), Niccolò Jommelli (1714), Antonio Lotti (1667), Pietro Della Valle (1586), Luca Marenzio (1553), and Francesco Gasparini (1668).

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