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Girolamo Diruta

1554 - 1610

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Girolamo Diruta (c. 1546 – 1624 or 1625) was an Italian organist, music theorist, and composer. He was famous as a teacher, for his treatise Il Transilvano (Venice, 1st part 1593; 2nd part 1609-10) on counterpoint, and for his part in the development of keyboard technique, particularly on the organ. He was born in Deruta, near Perugia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Girolamo Diruta is the 1,118th most popular composer (down from 974th in 2019), the 3,467th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,102nd in 2019) and the 167th most popular Italian Composer.

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Among composers, Girolamo Diruta ranks 1,118 out of 1,451. Before him are Koji Kondo, Einar Englund, Jacopo da Bologna, Aulis Sallinen, Yasushi Akutagawa, and Harry Partch. After him are Marcello Abbado, Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson, Ture Rangström, Adolf Bernhard Marx, Francesco Antonio Vallotti, and Siegmund von Hausegger.

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Among people born in 1554, Girolamo Diruta ranks 17. Before him are Ernest of Bavaria, Wakisaka Yasuharu, Bartolomeo Carducci, Louis III, Duke of Württemberg, Richard Hooker, and John Lyly.  Among people deceased in 1610, Girolamo Diruta ranks 16. Before him are False Dmitry II, Catherine Vasa of Sweden, Hasegawa Tōhaku, Anthony Jenkinson, Duchess Sophie of Prussia, and Francis Solanus.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Girolamo Diruta ranks 3,468 out of 5,161. Before him are Luigi Jacobini (1832), Franco Fabrizi (1916), Enzo Jannacci (1935), Tullio Pinelli (1908), Sebastiano Mocenigo (1662), and Pietro Verri (1728). After him are Paolo Barilla (1961), Fernando Atzori (1942), William of Apulia (1100), Marino Morettini (1931), Carmelo Bossi (1939), and Valerio Arri (1892).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Girolamo Diruta ranks 167. Before him are Franco Faccio (1840), Annibale Padovano (1527), Felice Anerio (1560), Giovanni Maria Nanino (1544), Renzo Rossellini (1908), and Jacopo da Bologna (1340). After him are Marcello Abbado (1926), Francesco Antonio Vallotti (1697), Errico Petrella (1813), Gioseffo Guami (1542), Dario Marianelli (1963), and Italo Montemezzi (1875).

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