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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

1710 - 1736

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Giovanni Battista Draghi (Italian: [dʒoˈvanni batˈtista ˈdraːɡi]; 4 January 1710 – 16 or 17 March 1736), usually referred to as Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (Italian: [perɡoˈleːzi; -eːsi]), was an Italian Baroque composer, violinist, and organist, leading exponent of the Baroque; he is considered one of the greatest Italian musicians of the first half of the 18th century and one of the most important representatives of the Neapolitan school. Despite his short life and few years of activity (he died of tuberculosis at the age of 26), he managed to create works of high artistic value and historical importance, such as La serva padrona (The Maid Turned Mistress), which played an important role in the development and diffusion of the opera buffa in Europe, and L'Olimpiade, considered one of the best of the opera seria of the first half of the 18th century, and the Stabat Mater, among the most important works of sacred music of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Battista Pergolesi is the 64th most popular composer (up from 77th in 2019), the 287th most popular biography from Italy (up from 350th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Italian Composer.

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi is most famous for composing the opera "La Serva Padrona" in 1733.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi ranks 64 out of 1,451. Before him are Jean-Philippe Rameau, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Gounod, Anton Webern, Erik Satie, and Gabriel Fauré. After him are Henry Purcell, Dieterich Buxtehude, Carl Orff, Vangelis, Astor Piazzolla, and Alessandro Scarlatti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1710, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi ranks 2. Before him is Louis XV of France. After him are Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden, Thomas Reid, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Muhammad bin Saud, András Hadik, Domenico Alberti, Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, Mohammed ben Abdallah, Thomas Arne, and Carl Alexander Clerck. Among people deceased in 1736, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi ranks 4. Before him are Prince Eugene of Savoy, Ahmed III, and Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit. After him are Antonio Caldara, Stephen Gray, Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine, Filippo Juvarra, Louise Diane d'Orléans, Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, Theophan Prokopovich, and Caspar van Wittel.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi ranks 287 out of 5,161. Before him are Luchino Visconti (1906), Vitus (290), Pietro Perugino (1446), Cosimo de' Medici (1389), Pope Eugene I (600), and Pope Cornelius (200). After him are Sergio Leone (1929), Zita of Bourbon-Parma (1892), Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1519), Ferruccio Lamborghini (1916), Pope Sergius IV (970), and Pope Honorius I (585).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi ranks 14. Before him are Antonio Salieri (1750), Gaetano Donizetti (1797), Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632), Tomaso Albinoni (1671), Guido of Arezzo (991), and Vincenzo Bellini (1801). After him are Alessandro Scarlatti (1660), Luigi Cherubini (1760), Luigi Boccherini (1743), Nino Rota (1911), Jacopo Peri (1561), and Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857).

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