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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

1520 - 1594

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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (between 3 February 1525 and 2 February 1526 – 2 February 1594) was an Italian composer of late Renaissance music. The central representative of the Roman School, with Orlande de Lassus and Tomás Luis de Victoria, Palestrina is considered the leading composer of late 16th-century Europe. Born in the town of Palestrina in the Papal States, Palestrina moved to Rome as a child and underwent musical studies there. In 1551, Pope Julius III appointed him maestro di cappella of the Cappella Giulia at St. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina is the 22nd most popular composer (up from 28th in 2019), the 59th most popular biography from France (up from 103rd in 2019) and the most popular French Composer.

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina is most famous for his contributions to the development of the polyphonic style of Renaissance music.

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Among composers, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina ranks 22 out of 1,451. Before him are Antonín Dvořák, Johann Strauss II, Robert Schumann, Gioachino Rossini, Felix Mendelssohn, and Edvard Grieg. After him are Claudio Monteverdi, Maurice Ravel, Hector Berlioz, Georges Bizet, Claude Debussy, and Bedřich Smetana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1520, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina ranks 1. After him are Pope Sixtus V, Sigismund II Augustus, Madeleine of Valois, Barbara Radziwiłł, Alessandro Farnese, Vincenzo Galilei, Christophe Plantin, Koca Sinan Pasha, Matthias Flacius, William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, and Thoinot Arbeau. Among people deceased in 1594, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina ranks 1. After him are Tintoretto, Gerardus Mercator, Orlande de Lassus, Ishikawa Goemon, Archduchess Eleanor of Austria, Martin Frobisher, Alonso de Ercilla, Thomas Kyd, Bálint Balassi, William Allen, and Girolamo Mei.

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In France

Among people born in France, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina ranks 59 out of 6,770. Before him are Octave Mirbeau (1848), Henri Becquerel (1852), Eugène Delacroix (1798), Stendhal (1783), Michel de Montaigne (1533), and Pierre de Fermat (1601). After him are Philip IV of France (1268), Napoleon II (1811), Louis XVII of France (1785), Gustave Eiffel (1832), Cardinal Richelieu (1585), and Maurice Ravel (1875).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina ranks 1. After him are Maurice Ravel (1875), Hector Berlioz (1803), Georges Bizet (1838), Claude Debussy (1862), Camille Saint-Saëns (1835), Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683), Charles Gounod (1818), Erik Satie (1866), Gabriel Fauré (1845), François Couperin (1668), and Jules Massenet (1842).

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