COMPOSER

Giovanni Paisiello

1740 - 1816

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Giovanni Paisiello (or Paesiello; 9 May 1740 – 5 June 1816) was an Italian composer of the Classical era, and was the most popular opera composer of the late 1700s. His operatic style influenced Mozart and Rossini. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Paisiello is the 142nd most popular composer (up from 162nd in 2019), the 701st most popular biography from Italy (up from 774th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Italian Composer.

Giovanni Paisiello is most famous for composing the opera "The Barber of Seville."

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Giovanni Paisiello ranks 142 out of 1,451Before him are Fanny Mendelssohn, Édouard Lalo, John Field, Franz von Suppé, Sofia Gubaidulina, and Pérotin. After him are Nicola Porpora, André Grétry, Johannes Ockeghem, Gregorio Allegri, Alfred Newman, and Darius Milhaud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1740, Giovanni Paisiello ranks 4Before him are Marquis de Sade, Ivan VI of Russia, and Isabelle de Charrière. After him are Empress Go-Sakuramachi, Horace Bénédict de Saussure, Jeanne Baret, Johann van Beethoven, Carl Michael Bellman, Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein, Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay, and Louis-Sébastien Mercier. Among people deceased in 1816, Giovanni Paisiello ranks 2Before him is Maria I of Portugal. After him are Pierre Augereau, Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este, Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Frederick I of Württemberg, Francisco de Miranda, Johann Hieronymus Schröter, Gavrila Derzhavin, Adam Ferguson, Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Roger Ducos.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Paisiello ranks 701 out of 5,161Before him are Rodolfo Graziani (1882), Alexander of Battenberg (1857), Eros Ramazzotti (1963), Bernardo Bellotto (1721), Marcus Velleius Paterculus (-19), and Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778). After him are Constance, Queen of Sicily (1154), Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici (1360), Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1590), Kurt Schuschnigg (1897), Marozia (890), and Libius Severus (420).

Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Giovanni Paisiello ranks 28Before him are Domenico Cimarosa (1749), Muzio Clementi (1752), Carlo Gesualdo (1566), Giulio Caccini (1551), Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583), and Giovanni Gabrieli (1557). After him are Nicola Porpora (1686), Gregorio Allegri (1582), Ottorino Respighi (1879), Gian Carlo Menotti (1911), Luciano Berio (1925), and Giuseppe Torelli (1658).