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Girolamo Mei

1519 - 1594

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Girolamo Mei (27 May 1519 – July 1594) was an Italian historian and humanist, famous in music history for providing the intellectual impetus to the Florentine Camerata, which attempted to revive ancient Greek music drama. He was born in Florence, and died in Rome and also used the pseudonym Decimo Corinella da Peretola. Mei was the first European after Boethius to do a detailed study of ancient Greek music theory. He compiled his findings in a major treatise, De modis musicis antiquorum (not formally published, but written 1568 to 1573). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Girolamo Mei is the 452nd most popular historian (down from 345th in 2019), the 3,738th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,299th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Italian Historian.

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Among historians, Girolamo Mei ranks 452 out of 561. Before him are Avi Shlaim, Drew Gilpin Faust, Martin Gilbert, John King Fairbank, Martin Noth, and Américo Castro. After him are Hermann Oldenberg, Alain Besançon, Helene Ahrweiler, Lawrence Stone, David Marshall Lang, and Michael Aris.

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Among people born in 1519, Girolamo Mei ranks 18. Before him are Andrea Cesalpino, Antonis Mor, Thomas Gresham, Frans Floris, Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, and Pedro Menéndez de Avilés.  Among people deceased in 1594, Girolamo Mei ranks 12. Before him are Archduchess Eleanor of Austria, Martin Frobisher, Alonso de Ercilla, Thomas Kyd, Bálint Balassi, and William Allen.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Girolamo Mei ranks 3,739 out of 5,161. Before him are Gabriele Salvatores (1950), Fausto Gresini (1961), Nunzio Gallo (1928), Alberto Bigon (1947), Mario Francesco Pompedda (1929), and Nicola Mancino (1931). After him are Carla Del Poggio (1925), Lyda Borelli (1884), Fred Buscaglione (1921), Gianfranco Terenzi (1941), Ondina Valla (1916), and Erika Lechner (1947).

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Among HISTORIANS In Italy

Among historians born in Italy, Girolamo Mei ranks 26. Before him are Marino Sanuto the Younger (1466), Filippo Baldinucci (1625), Quintus Claudius Quadrigarius (-200), Andrea Riccardi (1950), Dino Compagni (1255), and Michele Amari (1806). After him are Alessandro Barbero (1959).

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