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Vicente Martín y Soler

1754 - 1806

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Anastasio Martín Ignacio Vicente Tadeo Francisco Pellegrin Martín y Soler (2 May 1754 – 30 January or 10 February 1806) was a Spanish composer of opera and ballet. Although relatively obscure now, in his own day he was compared favorably with his contemporary and admirer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as a composer of opera buffa. In his time he was called "Martini lo spagnuolo" ("Martini the Spaniard"); in modern times, he has been called "the Valencian Mozart". He was known primarily for his melodious Italian comic operas and his work with Lorenzo Da Ponte in the late 18th century, as well as the melody from Una cosa rara quoted in the dining scene of Mozart's Don Giovanni. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vicente Martín y Soler is the 480th most popular composer (up from 537th in 2019), the 608th most popular biography from Spain (up from 687th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Spanish Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Vicente Martín y Soler ranks 480 out of 1,451. Before him are Robert Stolz, Rodion Shchedrin, Vítězslav Novák, Adolf von Henselt, Oscar Straus, and Paolo Tosti. After him are Florent Schmitt, Fikret Amirov, Claudio Merulo, Théodore Dubois, Johann Crüger, and André Messager.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1754, Vicente Martín y Soler ranks 26. Before him are Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon, Franz Xaver von Zach, Usman dan Fodio, Jurij Vega, Jean-Antoine Marbot, and Pavel Tsitsianov. After him are Andrea Appiani, Joseph Joubert, Wilhelm, Duke of Oldenburg, William Murdoch, Alejandro Malaspina, and Louis Claude Richard. Among people deceased in 1806, Vicente Martín y Soler ranks 26. Before him are Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily, Mungo Park, Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, and Pavel Tsitsianov. After him are John Breckinridge, Prince Francis Xavier of Saxony, Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen, George Stubbs, Federico Gravina, and Horatio Gates.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Vicente Martín y Soler ranks 608 out of 3,355. Before him are Francisco Herrera the Elder (1576), Ramon Casas (1866), Victoria Abril (1959), Diego, Prince of Asturias (1575), Gerard Piqué (1987), and Infanta Eulalia of Spain (1864). After him are Álvaro Morata (1992), Roberto Martínez (1973), Elisenda of Montcada (1292), Paulo da Gama (1465), Isidro Lángara (1912), and Antonio de Mendoza (1494).

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Among COMPOSERS In Spain

Among composers born in Spain, Vicente Martín y Soler ranks 13. Before him are Antonio Soler (1729), Joaquín Turina (1882), Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga (1806), Gaspar Sanz (1640), Federico Mompou (1893), and Antonio de Cabezón (1510). After him are Sebastián Iradier (1809), Luis de Milán (1500), Felip Pedrell (1841), Francisco Guerrero (1528), Alonso Mudarra (1510), and Xavier Cugat (1900).

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