COMPOSER

Piero Piccioni

1921 - 2004

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Piero Piccioni (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpjɛːro pitˈtʃoːni]; December 6, 1921 – July 23, 2004) was an Italian film score composer. A pianist, organist, conductor, and composer, he was also the prolific author of more than 300 film soundtracks. He played for the first time on radio in 1938 with his "013" Big Band, to return on air only after the Allied liberation of Italy in 1944. "013" was the first Italian jazz band to be broadcast in Italy after the fall of Fascism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Piero Piccioni is the 804th most popular composer (up from 853rd in 2019), the 2,708th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,853rd in 2019) and the 131st most popular Italian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Piero Piccioni ranks 804 out of 1,451. Before him are Luis de Narváez, Nikolai Tcherepnin, Franz Krommer, Moritz Hauptmann, Luzzasco Luzzaschi, and Muslim Magomayev. After him are Junkie XL, Peter Benoit, Robert Gerhard, Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens, Nikos Skalkottas, and Korla Awgust Kocor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Piero Piccioni ranks 186. Before him are Helena Rakoczy, Raymond Williams, Angelo Dundee, Pierre Bec, Amedeo Amadei, and Oswaldo López Arellano. After him are Francisco Morales Bermúdez, Violette Szabo, Robert Brown, Guy Laroche, Leo Penn, and Archduchess Charlotte of Austria. Among people deceased in 2004, Piero Piccioni ranks 132. Before him are Paul Winfield, Tom Wesselmann, Lucia Berlin, Big Boss Man, Briek Schotte, and Helmut Griem. After him are Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, Werner Goldberg, Naomi Shemer, James Quinn, Joe Viterelli, and Maxime Rodinson.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Piero Piccioni ranks 2,708 out of 5,161. Before him are Eleanor of Naples, Duchess of Ferrara (1450), Vincenzo Foppa (1427), Massimo Stanzione (1585), Obelerio degli Antenori (800), Titus Burckhardt (1908), and Robertino Loreti (1947). After him are Prince Gaetan, Count of Girgenti (1846), Appius Claudius Pulcher (-97), Bartolomeo Bon (1407), Nino Vaccarella (1933), Paolo Romeo (1938), and Giovanni de' Medici (1543).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Piero Piccioni ranks 131. Before him are Luigi Denza (1846), Sigismondo d'India (1582), Vittoria Aleotti (1575), Nicola Vicentino (1511), Gaetano Pugnani (1731), and Luzzasco Luzzaschi (1545). After him are Francesco Feo (1691), Giovanni Artusi (1540), Emanuele d'Astorga (1680), Salvatore Sciarrino (1947), Cesare Pugni (1802), and Temistocle Solera (1815).

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