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Nicola Vicentino

1511 - 1576

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Nicola Vicentino (1511 – 1575 or 1576) was an Italian music theorist and composer of the Renaissance. He was one of the most progressive musicians of the age, inventing, among other things, a microtonal keyboard. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicola Vicentino is the 776th most popular composer (up from 962nd in 2019), the 2,655th most popular biography from Italy (up from 3,078th in 2019) and the 128th most popular Italian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Nicola Vicentino ranks 776 out of 1,451. Before him are Sigismund von Neukomm, George Onslow, Alexander Tcherepnin, Vittoria Aleotti, Charles Tomlinson Griffes, and Louise Bertin. After him are Johann Rosenmüller, Napoléon Henri Reber, Charles Villiers Stanford, Johann Baptist Cramer, Brian Tyler, and Thomas Newman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1511, Nicola Vicentino ranks 10. Before him are Bartolomeo Ammannati, Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, Ippolito de' Medici, Erasmus Reinhold, Francisco López de Gómara, and Ashikaga Yoshiharu. After him are Juan Pizarro, and Pierre Viret. Among people deceased in 1576, Nicola Vicentino ranks 13. Before him are Frederick III, Elector Palatine, Isabella de' Medici, John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg, Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga, Bartolomé Carranza, and Bálint Bakfark. After him are Volcher Coiter, Levina Teerlinc, and Juan de Salcedo.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Nicola Vicentino ranks 2,655 out of 5,161. Before him are Vasco Rossi (1952), Francesco Granacci (1469), Giangiacomo Feltrinelli (1926), Riccardo Morandi (1902), Leopoldo Trieste (1917), and Mario Corso (1941). After him are Lucrezia Marinella (1571), Giovanni Pastrone (1883), Nino Ferrer (1934), Alex Zanardi (1966), Angelo Domenghini (1941), and Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo (1925).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Nicola Vicentino ranks 128. Before him are Domenico Gabrielli (1659), Franchinus Gaffurius (1451), Goffredo Petrassi (1904), Luigi Denza (1846), Sigismondo d'India (1582), and Vittoria Aleotti (1575). After him are Gaetano Pugnani (1731), Luzzasco Luzzaschi (1545), Piero Piccioni (1921), Francesco Feo (1691), Giovanni Artusi (1540), and Emanuele d'Astorga (1680).

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