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Giovanni Artusi

1540 - 1613

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Giovanni Maria Artusi (c. 1540 – 18 August 1613) was an Italian music theorist, composer, and writer. Artusi fiercely condemned the new musical innovations that defined the early Baroque style developing around 1600 in his treatise L'Artusi, overo Delle imperfettioni della moderna musica [Artusi, or On the Imperfections of Modern Music]. He was also a scholar and cleric at the Congregation Santissimo Salvatore, Bologna, and remained throughout his life devoted to his teacher Gioseffo Zarlino (the principal music theorist of the late sixteenth century). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Artusi is the 824th most popular composer (up from 862nd in 2019), the 2,761st most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,875th in 2019) and the 133rd most popular Italian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Giovanni Artusi ranks 824 out of 1,451. Before him are Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, Carl Millöcker, Julius Röntgen, Wim Mertens, Henri-Montan Berton, and Ciprian Porumbescu. After him are Emanuele d'Astorga, Krzysztof Komeda, Johann von Herbeck, Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský, Harold Arlen, and Heinrich Scheidemann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1540, Giovanni Artusi ranks 22. Before him are Won Gyun, Princess Cecilia of Sweden, Ostilio Ricci, Denis Calvaert, Simone Peterzano, and Sedefkar Mehmed Agha. After him are Hedwig of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Michael Rohoza, Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde, ʽAbd al-Qadir Badayuni, Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser, and Edmund Campion. Among people deceased in 1613, Giovanni Artusi ranks 9. Before him are Anton Praetorius, Mateo Alemán, Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Gabriel Báthory, Ivan Susanin, and Cigoli. After him are Johann Bauhin, Bartholomaeus Pitiscus, Hypatius Pociej, Salima Sultan Begum, and Mikalojus Daukša.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Artusi ranks 2,761 out of 5,161. Before him are Flavio Chigi (1631), Giuseppe Morello (1867), Gian Domenico Romagnosi (1761), Anthony Panizzi (1797), Marcantonio Trivisan (1475), and Gianluigi Saccaro (1938). After him are Ambrogio Contarini (1429), Enrico Cecchetti (1850), Nicola Cabibbo (1935), Emanuele d'Astorga (1680), Adolfo Baloncieri (1897), and Ernesto Ambrosini (1894).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Giovanni Artusi ranks 133. Before him are Vittoria Aleotti (1575), Nicola Vicentino (1511), Gaetano Pugnani (1731), Luzzasco Luzzaschi (1545), Piero Piccioni (1921), and Francesco Feo (1691). After him are Emanuele d'Astorga (1680), Salvatore Sciarrino (1947), Cesare Pugni (1802), Temistocle Solera (1815), Pietro Filippo Scarlatti (1679), and Armando Trovajoli (1917).

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