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Pietro Mascagni

1863 - 1945

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Pietro Mascagni (7 December 1863 – 2 August 1945) was an Italian composer primarily known for his operas. His 1890 masterpiece Cavalleria rusticana caused one of the greatest sensations in opera history and single-handedly ushered in the Verismo movement in Italian dramatic music. While it was often held that Mascagni, like Ruggero Leoncavallo, was a "one-opera man" who could never repeat his first success, L'amico Fritz and Iris have remained in the repertoire in Europe (especially Italy) since their premieres. Mascagni wrote fifteen operas, an operetta, several orchestral and vocal works, and also songs and piano music. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pietro Mascagni is the 99th most popular composer (down from 90th in 2019), the 481st most popular biography from Italy (down from 406th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Italian Composer.

Pietro Mascagni is most famous for his opera, Cavalleria Rusticana.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Pietro Mascagni ranks 99 out of 1,451. Before him are John Cage, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Pierre Boulez, Jacopo Peri, Ruggero Leoncavallo, and Leonard Bernstein. After him are Mikis Theodorakis, Arvo Pärt, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Joaquín Rodrigo, Francis Poulenc, and Arthur Honegger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Pietro Mascagni ranks 9. Before him are Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, Pierre de Coubertin, Henry Ford, Arthur Henderson, Konstantin Stanislavski, and Paul Signac. After him are Gabriele D'Annunzio, Constantine P. Cavafy, David Lloyd George, Henry van de Velde, Carlos I of Portugal, and Franz Stuck. Among people deceased in 1945, Pietro Mascagni ranks 24. Before him are Wilhelm Canaris, George S. Patton, Irma Grese, Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, Clara Petacci, and Ernst Cassirer. After him are Heinrich Müller, Princess Stéphanie of Belgium, Paul Valéry, Pierre Laval, Johan Huizinga, and Hans Fischer.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pietro Mascagni ranks 481 out of 5,161. Before him are Andrea del Sarto (1486), Andrea Doria (1466), Vittorio De Sica (1901), Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857), Parmigianino (1503), and Alessandro Cagliostro (1743). After him are Gaius Cassius Longinus (-87), Pope John XVIII (970), Pope Zephyrinus (150), Francis II of the Two Sicilies (1836), Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus (-300), and Julia (-76).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Pietro Mascagni ranks 21. Before him are Alessandro Scarlatti (1660), Luigi Cherubini (1760), Luigi Boccherini (1743), Nino Rota (1911), Jacopo Peri (1561), and Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857). After him are Domenico Cimarosa (1749), Muzio Clementi (1752), Carlo Gesualdo (1566), Giulio Caccini (1551), Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583), and Giovanni Gabrieli (1557).

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