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Luigi Boccherini

1743 - 1805

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Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini (, also US: , Italian: [riˈdɔlfo luˈiːdʒi bokkeˈriːni] ; 19 February 1743 – 28 May 1805) was an Italian composer and cellist of the Classical era whose music retained a courtly and galante style even while he matured somewhat apart from the major classical musical centers. He is best known for a minuet from his String Quintet in E, Op. 11, No. 5 (G 275), and the Cello Concerto in B flat major (G 482). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luigi Boccherini is the 87th most popular composer (up from 89th in 2019), the 436th most popular biography from Italy (down from 403rd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Italian Composer.

Luigi Boccherini is most famous for being a composer of the classical era. He was born in 1743 and died in 1805. He is most famous for composing string quartets, symphonies, and other instrumental pieces.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Luigi Boccherini ranks 87 out of 1,451. Before him are Josquin des Prez, Alban Berg, Leoš Janáček, Johann Pachelbel, Heinrich Schütz, and Luigi Cherubini. After him are John Williams, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Olivier Messiaen, Carl Czerny, Nino Rota, and John Cage.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1743, Luigi Boccherini ranks 5. Before him are Thomas Jefferson, Antoine Lavoisier, Madame du Barry, and Jean-Paul Marat. After him are Alessandro Cagliostro, Toussaint Louverture, Marquis de Condorcet, Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, Nicolai Abildgaard, Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, and Martin Heinrich Klaproth. Among people deceased in 1805, Luigi Boccherini ranks 3. Before him are Friedrich Schiller, and Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson. After him are Isabelle de Charrière, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Claude Chappe, Maria Theresa of Savoy, Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt, Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, and Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Luigi Boccherini ranks 436 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Urban I (222), Pope Lando (900), Giovanni Battista Re (1934), Pope Zachary (679), Pope Adeodatus II (610), and Luigi Cherubini (1760). After him are Pope Sergius II (800), Pope Anastasius III (890), Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (1751), Conrad IV of Germany (1228), Amadeo I of Spain (1845), and Simonetta Vespucci (1453).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Luigi Boccherini ranks 17. Before him are Tomaso Albinoni (1671), Guido of Arezzo (991), Vincenzo Bellini (1801), Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710), Alessandro Scarlatti (1660), and Luigi Cherubini (1760). After him are Nino Rota (1911), Jacopo Peri (1561), Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857), Pietro Mascagni (1863), Domenico Cimarosa (1749), and Muzio Clementi (1752).

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