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Giovanni Gabrieli

1557 - 1612

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Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1554/1557 – 12 August 1612) was an Italian composer and organist. He was one of the most influential musicians of his time, and represents the culmination of the style of the Venetian School, at the time of the shift from Renaissance to Baroque idioms. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Gabrieli is the 133rd most popular composer (up from 134th in 2019), the 652nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 650th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Italian Composer.

Giovanni Gabrieli is most famous for being a composer of the Venetian School, and for his contribution to the development of the instrumental concerto.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Giovanni Gabrieli ranks 133 out of 1,451. Before him are Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Anton Rubinstein, Josef Strauss, Krzysztof Penderecki, and Benjamin Britten. After him are Heitor Villa-Lobos, Daniel Auber, Fanny Mendelssohn, Édouard Lalo, John Field, and Franz von Suppé.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1557, Giovanni Gabrieli ranks 3. Before him are Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor, and Feodor I of Russia. After him are Agostino Carracci, Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Stephen Bocskai, Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel, Oda Nobutada, Balthasar Gérard, Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg, Lew Sapieha, and Irina Godunova. Among people deceased in 1612, Giovanni Gabrieli ranks 4. Before him are Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, Vasili IV of Russia, and Sasaki Kojirō. After him are Christopher Clavius, Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Federico Barocci, Karin Månsdotter, Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, Hans Leo Hassler, and Francesco IV Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Gabrieli ranks 652 out of 5,161. Before him are Ludovico Einaudi (1955), Giulio Andreotti (1919), Queen Paola of Belgium (1937), Pope Leo VIII (900), Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1610), and Franco Nero (1941). After him are Alcide De Gasperi (1881), Filippo Inzaghi (1973), Hiero II of Syracuse (-308), Giorgia Meloni (1977), Catherine Cornaro (1454), and Leonardo Bruni (1370).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Giovanni Gabrieli ranks 27. Before him are Pietro Mascagni (1863), Domenico Cimarosa (1749), Muzio Clementi (1752), Carlo Gesualdo (1566), Giulio Caccini (1551), and Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583). After him are Giovanni Paisiello (1740), Nicola Porpora (1686), Gregorio Allegri (1582), Ottorino Respighi (1879), Gian Carlo Menotti (1911), and Luciano Berio (1925).

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