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Tomaso Albinoni

1671 - 1751

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Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (8 June 1671 – 17 January 1751) was an Italian composer of the Baroque era. His output includes operas, concertos, sonatas for one to six instruments, sinfonias, and solo cantatas. While famous in his day as an opera composer, he is known today for his instrumental music, especially his concertos. He is best remembered today for a work called "Adagio in G minor", attributed to him but largely written by Remo Giazotto, a 20th century musicologist and composer, who was a cataloger of the works of Albinoni. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tomaso Albinoni is the 46th most popular composer (up from 50th in 2019), the 202nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 199th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Italian Composer.

Tomaso Albinoni is most famous for his "Adagio in G Minor" which is one of the most famous pieces of music in the world.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Tomaso Albinoni ranks 46 out of 1,451. Before him are Johann Strauss I, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Antonio Salieri, Gaetano Donizetti, Jean-Baptiste Lully, and Orlande de Lassus. After him are Modest Mussorgsky, Anton Bruckner, Guido of Arezzo, Stefania Turkewich, Vincenzo Bellini, and Arnold Schoenberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1671, Tomaso Albinoni ranks 1. After him are John Law, Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Frederick IV of Denmark, Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I, Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Johann Christoph Bach, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duchess Charlotte Felicitas of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Rob Roy MacGregor. Among people deceased in 1751, Tomaso Albinoni ranks 1. After him are Julien Offray de La Mettrie, Frederick I of Sweden, William IV, Prince of Orange, Frederick, Prince of Wales, Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux, Louise of Great Britain, Tokugawa Yoshimune, Jacques I, Prince of Monaco, Leonard of Port Maurice, Christopher Polhem, and Nicola Salvi.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Tomaso Albinoni ranks 202 out of 5,161. Before him are Padre Pio (1887), Artemisia Gentileschi (1593), Rita of Cascia (1381), Galba (-3), Pope John XII (937), and Sergio Mattarella (1941). After him are Pope Leo III (750), Adriano Celentano (1938), Constans (320), Leon Battista Alberti (1404), Cato the Elder (-243), and Messalina (17).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Tomaso Albinoni ranks 11. Before him are Claudio Monteverdi (1567), Ennio Morricone (1928), Domenico Scarlatti (1685), Antonio Salieri (1750), Gaetano Donizetti (1797), and Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632). After him are Guido of Arezzo (991), Vincenzo Bellini (1801), Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710), Alessandro Scarlatti (1660), Luigi Cherubini (1760), and Luigi Boccherini (1743).

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