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Tomaso Antonio Vitali

1663 - 1745

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Tomaso Antonio Vitali (7 March 1663 – 9 May 1745) was an Italian composer and violinist of the mid to late Baroque era. The eldest son of Giovanni Battista Vitali, he is chiefly known for a Chaconne in G minor for violin and continuo, to which he is traditionally attributed as the composer. The work was published from a manuscript in the Sächsische Landesbibliothek in Dresden in Die Hoch Schule des Violinspiels (1867) edited by German violinist Ferdinand David. That work's wide-ranging modulations into distant keys have raised speculation that it could not be a genuine Baroque work, while the lack of similarities to other works by Vitali have made modern scholars cast serious doubts on the attribution. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tomaso Antonio Vitali is the 563rd most popular composer (up from 624th in 2019), the 2,065th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,257th in 2019) and the 101st most popular Italian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Tomaso Antonio Vitali ranks 563 out of 1,451. Before him are Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Franz Doppler, Conradin Kreutzer, Hermann Scherchen, Johann Gottlieb Naumann, and Louise Farrenc. After him are Hans Krása, Johannes Ciconia, Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Max Richter, Joseph Szigeti, and William Boyce.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1663, Tomaso Antonio Vitali ranks 6. Before him are Prince Eugene of Savoy, Thomas Newcomen, Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany, Árni Magnússon, and Guillaume Amontons. After him are Princess Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach, August Hermann Francke, Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Luca Carlevarijs, Agafya Grushetskaya, and Ogata Kenzan. Among people deceased in 1745, Tomaso Antonio Vitali ranks 7. Before him are Jonathan Swift, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, Robert Walpole, Jan Dismas Zelenka, Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, and Ibrahim Muteferrika. After him are Ernest Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Antoine Forqueray, Jean-Baptiste van Loo, François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, Christian Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Nicola Fago.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Tomaso Antonio Vitali ranks 2,065 out of 5,161. Before him are Isabella of Clermont (1424), Welf I, Duke of Bavaria (1035), Eugénie de Beauharnais (1808), Roberto Bettega (1950), Luigi Vanvitelli (1700), and Valeria Golino (1965). After him are Virginia de' Medici (1568), Francesco Algarotti (1712), Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis (-600), Elisabetta Gonzaga (1471), Franco Citti (1935), and Gerolama Orsini (1503).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Tomaso Antonio Vitali ranks 101. Before him are Francesco Maria Veracini (1690), Remo Giazotto (1910), Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895), Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger (1580), Giacinto Scelsi (1905), and Luigi Rossi (1597). After him are Tommaso Traetta (1727), Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini (1720), Pietro Nardini (1722), Eduardo di Capua (1865), Riccardo Drigo (1846), and Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli (1752).

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