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Orlando Gibbons

1583 - 1625

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Orlando Gibbons (bapt. 25 December 1583 – 5 June 1625) was an English composer and keyboard player who was one of the last masters of the English Virginalist School and English Madrigal School. The best known member of a musical family dynasty, by the 1610s he was the leading composer and organist in England, with a career cut short by his untimely death in 1625. As a result, Gibbons's oeuvre was not as large as that of his contemporaries, like the elder William Byrd, but he made considerable contributions to many genres of his time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Orlando Gibbons is the 527th most popular composer (up from 630th in 2019), the 1,686th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,748th in 2019) and the 20th most popular British Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Orlando Gibbons ranks 527 out of 1,451. Before him are Léon Boëllmann, Francesco Maria Veracini, Albéric Magnard, Friedrich Wieck, Bernhard Crusell, and Einojuhani Rautavaara. After him are David Rose, Frederick Delius, Pancho Vladigerov, Remo Giazotto, Franz Xaver Richter, and Erwin Schulhoff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1583, Orlando Gibbons ranks 9. Before him are Sasaki Kojirō, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Axel Oxenstierna, Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba, Pieter Lastman, and Jacob De la Gardie. After him are Christian II, Elector of Saxony, Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Hayashi Razan, Jan Porcellis, Denis Pétau, and Eleanor of Prussia. Among people deceased in 1625, Orlando Gibbons ranks 14. Before him are Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Giambattista Marino, Duchess Anna of Prussia, Honoré d'Urfé, and Mōri Terumoto. After him are Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, John Fletcher, Anna Vasa of Sweden, Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, 1st Duke of Lerma, Enno III, Count of East Frisia, and Hans Rottenhammer.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Orlando Gibbons ranks 1,686 out of 8,785. Before him are Arthur Machen (1863), Ealhswith (852), Edward Wilson (1872), David Chipperfield (1953), Emilia Clarke (1986), and Zara Tindall (1981). After him are Penda of Mercia (606), John Gurdon (1933), Paddy Roy Bates (1921), John Vanbrugh (1664), David Rose (1910), and Frederick Delius (1862).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Orlando Gibbons ranks 20. Before him are John Dunstaple (1390), Ethel Smyth (1858), William Walton (1902), John Blow (1649), Thomas Arne (1710), and Neville Marriner (1924). After him are David Rose (1910), Frederick Delius (1862), Albert Ketèlbey (1875), William Boyce (1711), Pasquale Anfossi (1727), and John Bull (1562).

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