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Orazio Vecchi

1550 - 1605

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Orazio Vecchi (6 December 1550 (baptized) in Modena – 19 February 1605) was an Italian composer of the late Renaissance. He is most famous for his madrigal comedies, particularly L'Amfiparnaso. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Orazio Vecchi is the 697th most popular composer (down from 648th in 2019), the 2,476th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,338th in 2019) and the 117th most popular Italian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Orazio Vecchi ranks 697 out of 1,451. Before him are Maurice Emmanuel, Josip Runjanin, Augusta Holmès, Carmine Coppola, Xavier Cugat, and Tielman Susato. After him are Riccardo Zandonai, Maxim Berezovsky, Norbert Burgmüller, Johan Agrell, Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, and Juan Bautista Cabanilles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1550, Orazio Vecchi ranks 27. Before him are Damat Ibrahim Pasha, Tang Xianzu, John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Marie Eleonore of Cleves, Francisco Sanches, and Abu Abdallah Mohammed II Saadi. After him are Sokolluzade Lala Mehmed Pasha, Man Singh I, Juan de Oñate, and Vicente Espinel. Among people deceased in 1605, Orazio Vecchi ranks 15. Before him are Ulisse Aldrovandi, Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Theodore Beza, Naresuan, Jan Zamoyski, and Cığalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha. After him are Stradanus, Heinrich Khunrath, Marino Grimani, and Robert Catesby.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Orazio Vecchi ranks 2,476 out of 5,161. Before him are Publius Rutilius Rufus (-158), Francesco Montenegro (1946), Carlo Furno (1921), Edoardo Agnelli (1892), Lorenzo Tiepolo (1300), and Flavia Domitilla (null). After him are Archduke Louis of Austria (1784), Titus Aebutius Elva (-600), Gae Aulenti (1927), Charondas (-600), Luigi Sturzo (1871), and Riccardo Zandonai (1883).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Orazio Vecchi ranks 117. Before him are Ludwig Thuille (1861), Marc'Antonio Ingegneri (1535), Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880), Andrea Falconieri (1580), Francesco Canova da Milano (1497), and Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632). After him are Riccardo Zandonai (1883), Domenico Dragonetti (1763), Bartolomeo Tromboncino (1470), Giacomo Antonio Perti (1661), Domenico Gabrielli (1659), and Franchinus Gaffurius (1451).

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