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Paolo Tosti

1846 - 1916

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Sir Francesco Paolo Tosti KCVO (9 April 1846, Ortona, Abruzzo – 2 December 1916, Rome) was an Italian composer and music teacher. Today, he is remembered mostly for his light-hearted songs, which are popular among vocal students. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paolo Tosti is the 479th most popular composer (down from 441st in 2019), the 1,851st most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,731st in 2019) and the 87th most popular Italian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Paolo Tosti ranks 479 out of 1,451. Before him are Alfredo Catalani, Robert Stolz, Rodion Shchedrin, Vítězslav Novák, Adolf von Henselt, and Oscar Straus. After him are Vicente Martín y Soler, Florent Schmitt, Fikret Amirov, Claudio Merulo, Théodore Dubois, and Johann Crüger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1846, Paolo Tosti ranks 35. Before him are Naim Frashëri, Alexander von Kluck, Vasily Dokuchaev, Count Kasimir Felix Badeni, Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay, and Hermann Paul. After him are Svetozar Marković, Boutros Ghali, Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, Raoul Pictet, Turhan Pasha Përmeti, and F. H. Bradley. Among people deceased in 1916, Paolo Tosti ranks 59. Before him are Hetty Green, Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Fredrik Idestam, Ōyama Iwao, Thomas Eakins, and Max Immelmann. After him are Oswald Boelcke, Herbert Kilpin, Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau, Petar Kočić, Friedrich Ernst Dorn, and Isa Boletini.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Paolo Tosti ranks 1,851 out of 5,161. Before him are Antonio Vivarini (1440), Margherita de' Medici (1612), Guido Cantelli (1920), Maria Beatrice of Savoy (1792), Maddalena de' Medici (1473), and Pietro Rava (1916). After him are Theron of Acragas (-535), Pietro Cataldi (1552), Claudio Merulo (1533), Guidobaldo da Montefeltro (1472), Hieronymus Fabricius (1533), and Odoardo Farnese, Hereditary Prince of Parma (1666).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Paolo Tosti ranks 87. Before him are Giovanni Pacini (1796), Bruno Maderna (1920), Stefano Landi (1587), Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876), Antonio Maria Abbatini (1595), and Alfredo Catalani (1854). After him are Claudio Merulo (1533), Giuseppe Sarti (1729), Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882), Riz Ortolani (1926), Ferdinando Paer (1771), and Emilio de' Cavalieri (1550).

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