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Umberto Giordano

1867 - 1948

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Umberto Menotti Maria Giordano (28 August 1867 – 12 November 1948) was an Italian composer, mainly of operas. His best-known work in that genre was Andrea Chénier (1896). He was born in Foggia in Apulia, southern Italy, and studied under Paolo Serrao at the Conservatoire of Naples. His first opera, Marina, was written for a competition promoted by the music publishers Casa Sonzogno for the best one-act opera, remembered today because it marked the beginning of Italian verismo. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Umberto Giordano is the 216th most popular composer (down from 195th in 2019), the 1,007th most popular biography from Italy (down from 948th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Italian Composer.

Umberto Giordano is most famous for composing the opera "Andrea Chénier".

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Umberto Giordano ranks 216 out of 1,451. Before him are Jacob Obrecht, Leonardo Vinci, Pauline Viardot, Dmitry Bortniansky, John Barry, and Johann Joseph Fux. After him are Josef Mysliveček, Francesca Caccini, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Josef Suk, Eugène Ysaÿe, and Johann Georg Albrechtsberger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Umberto Giordano ranks 26. Before him are Maxime Weygand, Prince Maximilian of Baden, Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony, Enrique Granados, Walther Rathenau, and Stanley Baldwin. After him are Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rubén Darío, Kurt Eisner, Percy Fawcett, Ignacy Mościcki, and Hector Guimard. Among people deceased in 1948, Umberto Giordano ranks 31. Before him are Ruth Benedict, Jan Masaryk, Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta, Johannes Blaskowitz, Karl Gebhardt, and Babe Ruth. After him are John J. Pershing, Kurt Schwitters, Georges Bernanos, Lizzie Magie, Iwane Matsui, and Zelda Fitzgerald.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Umberto Giordano ranks 1,007 out of 5,161. Before him are Antonio Negri (1933), Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1797), Leonardo Vinci (1690), Gerard of Cremona (1114), Daniele da Volterra (1509), and Hormizd I (250). After him are Piero Ferrari (1945), Hugo Pratt (1927), Carlo Rubbia (1934), Aristoxenus (-360), Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755), and Francesca Caccini (1587).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Umberto Giordano ranks 45. Before him are Amilcare Ponchielli (1834), Giovanni Bononcini (1670), Niccolò Piccinni (1728), Luigi Nono (1924), Vittorio Monti (1868), and Leonardo Vinci (1690). After him are Francesca Caccini (1587), Andrea Gabrieli (1533), Benedetto Marcello (1686), Giacomo Carissimi (1605), Pietro Locatelli (1695), and Alessandro Marcello (1673).

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