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Luzzasco Luzzaschi

1545 - 1607

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Luzzasco Luzzaschi (c. 1545 – 10 September 1607) was an Italian composer, organist, and teacher of the late Renaissance. He was born and died in Ferrara, and despite evidence of travels to Rome it is assumed that Luzzaschi spent the majority of his life in his native city. He was a skilled representative of the late Italian madrigal style, along with Palestrina, Wert, Monte, Lassus, Marenzio, Gesualdo and others. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luzzasco Luzzaschi is the 802nd most popular composer (down from 603rd in 2019), the 2,698th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,202nd in 2019) and the 130th most popular Italian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Luzzasco Luzzaschi ranks 802 out of 1,451Before him are Johann Gottlieb Graun, Matvey Blanter, Luis de Narváez, Nikolai Tcherepnin, Franz Krommer, and Moritz Hauptmann. After him are Muslim Magomayev, Piero Piccioni, Junkie XL, Peter Benoit, Robert Gerhard, and Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1545, Luzzasco Luzzaschi ranks 14Before him are John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, Powhatan, Anna of Sweden, Azai Nagamasa, Cığalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha, and Guidobaldo del Monte. After him are Frans Pourbus the Elder, and John Gerard. Among people deceased in 1607, Luzzasco Luzzaschi ranks 16Before him are Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst, Michele Ruggieri, Bento de Góis, Guidobaldo del Monte, Patriarch Job of Moscow, and Eleanor of Prussia. After him are Giovanni Maria Nanino, and Bartholomew Gosnold.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Luzzasco Luzzaschi ranks 2,698 out of 5,161Before him are Augusto Righi (1850), Paul Henreid (1908), Pasquale Cicogna (1509), Costante Girardengo (1893), Mauro Codussi (1440), and Bartolomeo Carducci (1554). After him are Aulus Cornelius Palma Frontonianus (1), Lanassa (-400), Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (1395), Eleanor of Naples, Duchess of Ferrara (1450), Vincenzo Foppa (1427), and Massimo Stanzione (1585).

Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Luzzasco Luzzaschi ranks 130Before him are Goffredo Petrassi (1904), Luigi Denza (1846), Sigismondo d'India (1582), Vittoria Aleotti (1575), Nicola Vicentino (1511), and Gaetano Pugnani (1731). After him are Piero Piccioni (1921), Francesco Feo (1691), Giovanni Artusi (1540), Emanuele d'Astorga (1680), Salvatore Sciarrino (1947), and Cesare Pugni (1802).