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Pietro Della Valle

1586 - 1652

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Pietro Della Valle (Latin: Petrus a Valle; 2 April 1586 – 21 April 1652), also written Pietro della Valle, was an Italian composer, musicologist, and author who travelled throughout Asia during the 17th century. His travels took him to the Holy Land, the Middle East, Northern Africa, and as far as India. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pietro Della Valle is the 316th most popular composer (up from 342nd in 2019), the 1,308th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,475th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular Italian Composer.

Pietro della Valle was a 16th century Italian traveler who wrote about his travels in Persia, India, and the Ottoman Empire.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Pietro Della Valle ranks 316 out of 1,451. Before him are Antonio Lotti, Johann Mattheson, Cipriano de Rore, Johann Kuhnau, Charles Ives, and Thomas Tallis. After him are Georges Auric, Johann Georg Pisendel, Moritz Moszkowski, Nikolai Myaskovsky, Sigismond Thalberg, and Johan Halvorsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1586, Pietro Della Valle ranks 5. Before him are Rose of Lima, Leopold V, Archduke of Austria, Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia, and Johannes Valentinus Andreae. After him are Francesco IV Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Johann Schein, Pau Claris i Casademunt, Jan Wildens, Niccolò Zucchi, Théophraste Renaudot, and Louis Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Montbéliard. Among people deceased in 1652, Pietro Della Valle ranks 4. Before him are Jusepe de Ribera, Georges de La Tour, and Gregorio Allegri. After him are Jacob De la Gardie, John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg, Inigo Jones, Jan Asselijn, Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours, Jan Dirksz Both, Denis Pétau, and Claes Jansz. Visscher.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pietro Della Valle ranks 1,308 out of 5,161. Before him are Vladimir Bartol (1903), Lina Wertmüller (1928), Margaret of Savoy, Vicereine of Portugal (1589), Battista Farina (1893), Alfredo Ottaviani (1890), and Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies (1822). After him are Frederick the Simple (1342), Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan (1470), Francesco Rosi (1922), Antonio Quarracino (1923), Francesco Foscari (1373), and Ivanoe Bonomi (1873).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Pietro Della Valle ranks 63. Before him are Andrea Luchesi (1741), Saverio Mercadante (1795), Gioseffo Zarlino (1517), Francesco Geminiani (1687), Niccolò Jommelli (1714), and Antonio Lotti (1667). After him are Luca Marenzio (1553), Francesco Gasparini (1668), Francesco Durante (1684), Riccardo Broschi (1698), Bernardo Pasquini (1637), and Leonardo Leo (1694).

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