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Maddalena Casulana

1544 - 1590

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Maddalena Casulana (c. 1544 – c. 1590) was an Italian composer, lutenist and singer of the late Renaissance. She is the first female composer to have had a whole book of her music printed and published in the history of western music, dedicated to her female patron Isabella de' Medici. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maddalena Casulana is the 520th most popular composer (down from 503rd in 2019), the 1,949th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,924th in 2019) and the 94th most popular Italian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Maddalena Casulana ranks 520 out of 1,451. Before her are Leroy Anderson, Jean Françaix, Reinhard Keiser, Jean Absil, Nicolas-Charles Bochsa, and Franck Pourcel. After her are Léon Boëllmann, Francesco Maria Veracini, Albéric Magnard, Friedrich Wieck, Bernhard Crusell, and Einojuhani Rautavaara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1544, Maddalena Casulana ranks 10. Before her are Ismihan Sultan, Gevherhan Sultan, Anna of Saxony, Şah Sultan, Renata of Lorraine, and Maria Temryukovna. After her are Gillis van Coninxloo, Giovanni Botero, Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, Sigismund Rákóczi, Dorothea Susanne of Simmern, and Giovanni Maria Nanino. Among people deceased in 1590, Maddalena Casulana ranks 12. Before her are Christina of Denmark, Gioseffo Zarlino, Bernardino de Sahagún, Francis Walsingham, Catherine of Ricci, and Marietta Robusti. After her are Giambattista Benedetti, Leone Leoni, François Hotman, Kanō Eitoku, Hōjō Ujimasa, and Frans Hogenberg.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Maddalena Casulana ranks 1,949 out of 5,161. Before her are Marcus Antonius Antyllus (-46), Matteo Messina Denaro (1962), Lancelotto Malocello (1270), Vincenzo Coronelli (1650), Alessandro Magnasco (1667), and Giuseppe De Santis (1917). After her are Luigi Illica (1857), Francesco Maria Veracini (1690), Angelo Bagnasco (1943), Emilio Colombo (1920), Cecilia Bartoli (1966), and John II, Marquis of Montferrat (1321).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Maddalena Casulana ranks 94. Before her are Claudio Merulo (1533), Giuseppe Sarti (1729), Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882), Riz Ortolani (1926), Ferdinando Paer (1771), and Emilio de' Cavalieri (1550). After her are Francesco Maria Veracini (1690), Remo Giazotto (1910), Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895), Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger (1580), Giacinto Scelsi (1905), and Luigi Rossi (1597).

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