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Luis de Milán

1500 - 1561

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Luis de Milán (also known as Lluís del Milà or Luys Milán) (c. 1500 – c. 1561) was a Spanish Renaissance composer, vihuelist, and writer on music. He was the first composer in history to publish music for the vihuela de mano, an instrument employed primarily in the Iberian peninsula and some of the Italian states during the 15th and 16th centuries, and he was also one of the first musicians to specify verbal tempo indications in his music. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luis de Milán is the 621st most popular composer (down from 598th in 2019), the 776th most popular biography from Spain (down from 764th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Spanish Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Luis de Milán ranks 621 out of 1,451. Before him are Sergei Bortkiewicz, James Scott, Riccardo Drigo, Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli, Gershon Kingsley, and Carl Zeller. After him are Bálint Bakfark, Johann Ludwig Krebs, Wilhelm Stenhammar, Giuseppe Sammartini, Antonio Sacchini, and Isabella Leonarda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1500, Luis de Milán ranks 29. Before him are Reginald Pole, Elizabeth Blount, Nuno Gonçalves, Abu'l-Hasan Ali of Granada, Rum Mehmed Pasha, and Ruy López de Villalobos. After him are Francisco de Bobadilla, Jacob Hutter, Muhammad XIII of Granada, Tielman Susato, Francisco Serrão, and Jan Mandijn. Among people deceased in 1561, Luis de Milán ranks 14. Before him are Sayri Túpac, Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, Bairam Khan, Claude Garamond, Jan Tarnowski, and Alonso Berruguete. After him are Caspar Schwenckfeld, Hans Tausen, Catherine of Mecklenburg, Yamamoto Kansuke, Saitō Yoshitatsu, and Mother Shipton.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Luis de Milán ranks 776 out of 3,355. Before him are Lluís Martínez Sistach (1937), Fernando de Rojas (1470), Manuel Valls (1962), Lamine Yamal (2007), José Luis Mendilibar (1961), and Aznar Galíndez I (800). After him are Ramón de la Fuente Leal (1907), Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo (1926), Eduardo Mendoza Garriga (1943), Pedro Cieza de León (1520), Estanislao Figueras (1819), and Bartolomé Bermejo (1440).

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Among COMPOSERS In Spain

Among composers born in Spain, Luis de Milán ranks 15. Before him are Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga (1806), Gaspar Sanz (1640), Federico Mompou (1893), Antonio de Cabezón (1510), Vicente Martín y Soler (1754), and Sebastián Iradier (1809). After him are Felip Pedrell (1841), Francisco Guerrero (1528), Alonso Mudarra (1510), Xavier Cugat (1900), Juan Bautista Cabanilles (1644), and Diego Ortiz (1510).

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