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Niccolò Piccinni

1728 - 1800

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Niccolò Piccinni (Italian: [nikkoˈlɔ ppitˈtʃinni]; 16 January 1728 – 7 May 1800) was an Italian composer of symphonies, sacred music, chamber music, and opera. Although he is somewhat obscure today, Piccinni was one of the most popular composers of opera—particularly the Neapolitan opera buffa—of the Classical period. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Niccolò Piccinni is the 196th most popular composer (up from 213th in 2019), the 952nd most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,020th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Italian Composer.

Niccolò Piccinni is most famous for his opera La buona figliuola, which was performed in 1760.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Niccolò Piccinni ranks 196 out of 1,451. Before him are Johann Adolph Hasse, Giovanni Bononcini, Dmitry Kabalevsky, Stanisław Moniuszko, Samuel Barber, and Michael Praetorius. After him are Jan Dismas Zelenka, Luigi Nono, Charles-Marie Widor, Johann Stamitz, Witold Lutosławski, and Johann Ambrosius Bach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1728, Niccolò Piccinni ranks 6. Before him are James Cook, Peter III of Russia, Johann Heinrich Lambert, Joseph Black, and Anton Raphael Mengs. After him are Chevalier d'Éon, Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden, Antoine Baumé, Samuel Wallis, Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, and Étienne-Louis Boullée. Among people deceased in 1800, Niccolò Piccinni ranks 4. Before him are Jeongjo of Joseon, Alexander Suvorov, and Jean-Baptiste Kléber. After him are Louis Desaix, Adélaïde of France, Peter von Biron, George XII of Georgia, Salawat Yulayev, Salomon Maimon, Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Lorenzo Mascheroni.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Niccolò Piccinni ranks 952 out of 5,161. Before him are Maximilian Sforza (1493), Clementia of Hungary (1293), Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus (-3), Maurus Servius Honoratus (363), Francesco Cossiga (1928), and Giovanni Gentile (1875). After him are Fausta (289), Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1810), John William Waterhouse (1849), Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (-2), Frank Costello (1891), and Luigi Nono (1924).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Niccolò Piccinni ranks 41. Before him are Francesco Cavalli (1602), Baldassare Galuppi (1706), Vincenzo Galilei (1520), Ferruccio Busoni (1866), Amilcare Ponchielli (1834), and Giovanni Bononcini (1670). After him are Luigi Nono (1924), Vittorio Monti (1868), Leonardo Vinci (1690), Umberto Giordano (1867), Francesca Caccini (1587), and Andrea Gabrieli (1533).

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