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Giuseppe Torelli

1658 - 1709

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Giuseppe Torelli (22 April 1658 Verona – 8 February 1709) was an Italian violinist, teacher and composer of the middle Baroque era. Brother of the painter Felice Torelli, he is most remembered for contributing to the development of the concerto, especially the solo concerto, and for his music for string instruments and trumpet. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giuseppe Torelli is the 177th most popular composer (up from 181st in 2019), the 863rd most popular biography from Italy (up from 899th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Italian Composer.

Giuseppe Torelli was a famous Italian painter in the 18th century. He is most famous for his paintings of the Madonna and Child.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Giuseppe Torelli ranks 177 out of 1,451. Before him are Gian Carlo Menotti, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, Michel Legrand, Luciano Berio, Henri Vieuxtemps, and Max Reger. After him are Francesco Cavalli, Siegfried Wagner, Gustav Holst, Philip Glass, François-Adrien Boieldieu, and Michael Haydn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1658, Giuseppe Torelli ranks 1. After him are John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine, Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mary of Modena, Luigi Ferdinando Marsili, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, Nicolas Coustou, Ogata Kōrin, Louis VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani, and Elisabeth Eleonore of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Among people deceased in 1709, Giuseppe Torelli ranks 3. Before him are Ivan Mazepa, and Andrea Pozzo. After him are Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Meindert Hobbema, François Louis, Prince of Conti, Giovanni Battista Gaulli, Henri Jules, Prince of Condé, François de la Chaise, Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, and Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giuseppe Torelli ranks 863 out of 5,161. Before him are Francesco Guicciardini (1483), Euhemerus (-330), Stefania Sandrelli (1946), Milo of Croton (-557), Sejanus (-20), and Fabio Cannavaro (1973). After him are Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1508), Roberto Mancini (1964), Andrew III of Hungary (1265), Antonio Tabucchi (1943), Francesco Cavalli (1602), and Antipope Felix II (300).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Giuseppe Torelli ranks 34. Before him are Giovanni Paisiello (1740), Nicola Porpora (1686), Gregorio Allegri (1582), Ottorino Respighi (1879), Gian Carlo Menotti (1911), and Luciano Berio (1925). After him are Francesco Cavalli (1602), Baldassare Galuppi (1706), Vincenzo Galilei (1520), Ferruccio Busoni (1866), Amilcare Ponchielli (1834), and Giovanni Bononcini (1670).

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