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Jacopo Peri

1561 - 1633

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Jacopo Peri (20 August 1561 – 12 August 1633) was an Italian composer, singer and instrumentalist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods. He wrote what is considered the first opera, the mostly lost Dafne (c. 1597), and also the earliest extant opera, Euridice (1600). He is sometimes known by the byname lo Zazzerino (lit. 'the blond one'). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacopo Peri is the 96th most popular composer (up from 101st in 2019), the 473rd most popular biography from Italy (up from 500th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Italian Composer.

Jacopo Peri is most famous for the opera "Dafne" which was the first opera to be written in the Italian language.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Jacopo Peri ranks 96 out of 1,451. Before him are Olivier Messiaen, Carl Czerny, Nino Rota, John Cage, Tomás Luis de Victoria, and Pierre Boulez. After him are Ruggero Leoncavallo, Leonard Bernstein, Pietro Mascagni, Mikis Theodorakis, Arvo Pärt, and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1561, Jacopo Peri ranks 2. Before him is Francis Bacon. After him are Luis de Góngora, Santorio Santorio, Katō Kiyomasa, Henry Briggs, Anna Maria of the Palatinate, John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen, Ii Naomasa, Thomas Fincke, Fukushima Masanori, and Adriaan van Roomen. Among people deceased in 1633, Jacopo Peri ranks 1. After him are Isabella Clara Eugenia, Scipione Borghese, Pieter Lastman, Xu Guangqi, Cornelis Drebbel, Patriarch Filaret of Moscow, Catherine of Cleves, Lew Sapieha, Sigrid of Sweden, Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, and George Herbert.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Jacopo Peri ranks 473 out of 5,161. Before him are Pontormo (1494), Guccio Gucci (1881), Pope Benedict VI (900), Pope Stephen VI (850), Clara Petacci (1912), and Monica Bellucci (1964). After him are Simone Martini (1284), Andrea del Sarto (1486), Andrea Doria (1466), Vittorio De Sica (1901), Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857), and Parmigianino (1503).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Jacopo Peri ranks 19. Before him are Vincenzo Bellini (1801), Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710), Alessandro Scarlatti (1660), Luigi Cherubini (1760), Luigi Boccherini (1743), and Nino Rota (1911). After him are Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857), Pietro Mascagni (1863), Domenico Cimarosa (1749), Muzio Clementi (1752), Carlo Gesualdo (1566), and Giulio Caccini (1551).

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