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Lodovico Grossi da Viadana

1560 - 1627

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Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (usually Lodovico Viadana, though his family name was Grossi; c. 1560 – 2 May 1627) was an Italian composer, teacher, and Franciscan friar of the Order of Friars Minor Observants. He was the first significant figure to make use of the newly developed technique of figured bass, one of the musical devices which was to define the end of the Renaissance and beginning of the Baroque eras in music. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lodovico Grossi da Viadana is the 734th most popular composer (up from 794th in 2019). (up from 2,420th in 2019)

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Among composers, Lodovico Grossi da Viadana ranks 734 out of 1,451. Before him are Heinrich Sutermeister, Antonio Rosetti, Ferdinand David, Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, Andreas Werckmeister, and John Stanley. After him are Emil von Reznicek, Gabriel Yared, Joseph Jongen, Sun Ra, Stephen Sondheim, and Giacomo Antonio Perti.

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Among people born in 1560, Lodovico Grossi da Viadana ranks 13. Before him are Thomas Cavendish, Anton Praetorius, Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, Christian I, Elector of Saxony, Juan Sánchez Cotán, and Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld. After him are William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Marco Antonio de Dominis, Heinrich Khunrath, Ernest Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Domenico Tintoretto, and Jan Gruter. Among people deceased in 1627, Lodovico Grossi da Viadana ranks 13. Before him are Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier, Juan Sánchez Cotán, Francesco Maria del Monte, Princess Cecilia of Sweden, Vincenzo II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, and Olivier van Noort. After him are Guðbrandur Þorláksson, Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, Julius Schiller, Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana, Christina of Salm, and Jan Gruter.

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