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Giovanni Legrenzi

1626 - 1690

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Giovanni Legrenzi (baptized August 12, 1626 – May 27, 1690) was an Italian composer of opera, vocal and instrumental music, and organist, of the Baroque era. He was one of the most prominent composers in Venice in the late 17th century, and extremely influential in the development of late Baroque idioms across northern Italy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Legrenzi is the 390th most popular composer (up from 413th in 2019), the 1,565th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,669th in 2019) and the 75th most popular Italian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Giovanni Legrenzi ranks 390 out of 1,451. Before him are Giovanni Bottesini, Joaquín Turina, André Jolivet, Cole Porter, Jacobus Gallus, and Johann Adam Reincken. After him are Richard Rodgers, Charles Koechlin, Karl Richter, Henri Dutilleux, Hans Pfitzner, and Viktor Ullmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1626, Giovanni Legrenzi ranks 9. Before him are Jan Steen, Francesco Redi, Richard Cromwell, William II, Prince of Orange, Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur, and Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné. After him are Jan van Kessel the Elder, Bada Shanren, Louis Couperin, Andrea Guarneri, John Aubrey, and Pietro Mengoli. Among people deceased in 1690, Giovanni Legrenzi ranks 8. Before him are Margaret Mary Alacoque, Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria, Charles V, Duke of Lorraine, David Teniers the Younger, Philip William, Elector Palatine, and Abraham Brueghel. After him are Michael I Apafi, Adam Frans van der Meulen, Juan de Valdés Leal, Isabel Luísa, Princess of Beira, Abraham van Beijeren, and Domenico Gabrielli.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Legrenzi ranks 1,565 out of 5,161. Before him are Pietro II Orseolo (961), Gianni Vattimo (1936), Adaloald (602), Francesco IV Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1586), Myia (-600), and Nicholas of Tolentino (1245). After him are Francesco Maria Piave (1810), Cecilia Gallerani (1473), Amy Adams (1974), Giovanni Lajolo (1935), Julian Cesarini (1398), and Arsenius the Great (354).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Giovanni Legrenzi ranks 75. Before him are Leonardo Leo (1694), Franco Alfano (1875), Alfredo Casella (1883), Alessandro Stradella (1643), Ferdinando Carulli (1770), and Giovanni Bottesini (1821). After him are Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco (1675), Adriano Banchieri (1568), Domenico Zipoli (1688), Francesco Cilea (1866), Agostino Steffani (1654), and Giovanni Pacini (1796).

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