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Giuseppe Verdi

1813 - 1901

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Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi ( VAIR-dee; Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe ˈverdi]; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto, a small town in the province of Parma, to a family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the help of a local patron, Antonio Barezzi. Verdi came to dominate the Italian opera scene after the era of Gioachino Rossini, Vincenzo Bellini, and Gaetano Donizetti, whose works significantly influenced him. In his early operas, Verdi demonstrated sympathy with the Risorgimento movement which sought the unification of Italy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giuseppe Verdi is the 7th most popular composer (down from 6th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Italy (down from 13th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Composer.

Giuseppe Verdi is most famous for his operas, which include Rigoletto, La Traviata, and Aida.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Giuseppe Verdi ranks 7 out of 1,451. Before him are Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, Frédéric Chopin, Antonio Vivaldi, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. After him are George Frideric Handel, Joseph Haydn, Richard Wagner, Franz Schubert, Igor Stravinsky, and Gustav Mahler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1813, Giuseppe Verdi ranks 1. After him are Richard Wagner, Søren Kierkegaard, David Livingstone, John Snow, Claude Bernard, Ivar Aasen, Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, Franz Miklosich, Georg Büchner, Baron Alexander von Bach, and Charles-Valentin Alkan. Among people deceased in 1901, Giuseppe Verdi ranks 2. Before him is William McKinley. After him are Queen Victoria, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Victoria, Princess Royal, Johanna Spyri, Leon Czolgosz, Benjamin Harrison, Arnold Böcklin, Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, George Francis FitzGerald, and Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giuseppe Verdi ranks 16 out of 5,161. Before him are Antonio Vivaldi (1678), Raphael (1483), Niccolò Machiavelli (1469), Pope John Paul I (1912), Commodus (161), and Fibonacci (1170). After him are Thomas Aquinas (1225), Giordano Bruno (1548), Pope Leo XIII (1810), Benito Mussolini (1883), Cicero (-106), and Virgil (-70).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Giuseppe Verdi ranks 2. Before him are Antonio Vivaldi (1678). After him are Giacomo Puccini (1858), Gioachino Rossini (1792), Claudio Monteverdi (1567), Ennio Morricone (1928), Domenico Scarlatti (1685), Antonio Salieri (1750), Gaetano Donizetti (1797), Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632), Tomaso Albinoni (1671), and Guido of Arezzo (991).

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