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Luca Marenzio

1553 - 1599

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Luca Marenzio (also Marentio; October 18, 1553 or 1554 – August 22, 1599) was an Italian composer and singer of the late Renaissance. He was one of the most renowned composers of madrigals, and wrote some of the most famous examples of the form in its late stage of development, prior to its early Baroque transformation by Monteverdi. In all, Marenzio wrote around 500 madrigals, ranging from the lightest to the most serious styles, packed with word-painting, chromaticism, and other characteristics of the late madrigal style. Marenzio was influential as far away as England, where his earlier, lighter work appeared in 1588 in the Musica Transalpina, the collection that initiated the madrigal craze in that country. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luca Marenzio is the 334th most popular composer (up from 363rd in 2019), the 1,375th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,537th in 2019) and the 64th most popular Italian Composer.

Luca Marenzio is most famous for his madrigals, which he wrote in a style that was more popular and accessible than the more complex polyphonic music of his contemporaries.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Luca Marenzio ranks 334 out of 1,451. Before him are Aaron Copland, Heinrich Isaac, Maria Szymanowska, Julius Fučík, Bernard Herrmann, and Keith Emerson. After him are Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov, Johann van Beethoven, Irving Berlin, Klaus Schulze, Georg Benda, and Clément Janequin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1553, Luca Marenzio ranks 6. Before him are Henry IV of France, Margaret of Valois, Louise of Lorraine, Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia, and Archduke Ernest of Austria. After him are Patriarch Filaret of Moscow, Marie of Cleves, Princess of Condé, Prospero Alpini, Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, 1st Duke of Lerma, John Florio, and Vitsentzos Kornaros. Among people deceased in 1599, Luca Marenzio ranks 4. Before him are Beatrice Cenci, Gabrielle d'Estrées, and Edmund Spenser. After him are Maeda Toshiie, Andrew Báthory, Cornelis de Houtman, Chōsokabe Motochika, Chand Bibi, Menocchio, Eknath, and Archduchess Catherine Renata of Austria.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Luca Marenzio ranks 1,375 out of 5,161. Before him are Gerolamo Emiliani (1486), Gian Piero Gasperini (1958), Cornelius Gallus (-69), Gennaro Gattuso (1978), Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri (1667), and Rita Pavone (1945). After him are Anna d'Este (1531), Marcantonio Raimondi (1480), Mathilde Bonaparte (1820), Mirella Freni (1935), Julia (-190), and Andrea Cesalpino (1519).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Luca Marenzio ranks 64. Before him are Saverio Mercadante (1795), Gioseffo Zarlino (1517), Francesco Geminiani (1687), Niccolò Jommelli (1714), Antonio Lotti (1667), and Pietro Della Valle (1586). After him are Francesco Gasparini (1668), Francesco Durante (1684), Riccardo Broschi (1698), Bernardo Pasquini (1637), Leonardo Leo (1694), and Franco Alfano (1875).

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