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Giovanni Battista Martini

1706 - 1784

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Giovanni Battista or Giambattista Martini, (24 April 1706 – 3 August 1784), also known as Padre Martini, was an Italian Conventual Franciscan friar, who was a leading musician, composer, and music historian of the period and a mentor to Mozart. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Battista Martini is the 208th most popular musician (down from 189th in 2019), the 1,111th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,078th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Italian Musician.

Giovanni Battista Martini was an Italian Jesuit priest and musicologist. He is most famous for his three volume work, "Thesaurus Musicae Antiquae", which was published in 1774.

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Among musicians, Giovanni Battista Martini ranks 208 out of 3,175. Before him are Stan Getz, György Cziffra, Mike Shinoda, Charles-Valentin Alkan, Maria João Pires, and John Paul Jones. After him are Lisa Gerrard, Willie Nelson, Steve Harris, Dizzy Gillespie, Eric Peterson, and Claudio Arrau.

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Among people born in 1706, Giovanni Battista Martini ranks 4. Before him are Benjamin Franklin, Émilie du Châtelet, and Baldassare Galuppi. After him are Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg, Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis, John Dollond, John Baskerville, Augustus George, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Princess Charlotte Amalie of Denmark, Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, and Giuseppe Asclepi. Among people deceased in 1784, Giovanni Battista Martini ranks 6. Before him are Denis Diderot, Count of St. Germain, Phillis Wheatley, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, and Samuel Johnson. After him are Junípero Serra, Torbern Bergman, Otto Friedrich Müller, César-François Cassini de Thury, Anders Johan Lexell, and Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Battista Martini ranks 1,111 out of 5,161. Before him are Alessandro Allori (1535), Beatrice of Naples (1457), Enrico De Nicola (1877), John Singer Sargent (1856), Maurizio Pollini (1942), and Joannes (400). After him are Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1431), Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici (1667), Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901), Milonia Caesonia (7), Eleonora Duse (1858), and Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (1484).

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Among MUSICIANS In Italy

Among musicians born in Italy, Giovanni Battista Martini ranks 10. Before him are Giorgio Moroder (1940), Cosima Wagner (1837), Gianna Nannini (1954), Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755), Romano Mussolini (1927), and Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (1920). After him are Lucio Dalla (1943), Paolo Conte (1937), Mauro Giuliani (1781), Luigi Tenco (1938), Leonardo De Lorenzo (1875), and Matteo Carcassi (1792).

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