1490 - 1562
Adrian Willaert (c. 1490 – 7 December 1562) was a Flemish composer of High Renaissance music. Mainly active in Italy, he was the founder of the Venetian School. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adrian Willaert has received more than 132,886 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Adrian Willaert is the 170th most popular composer (up from 171st in 2019), the 84th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 81st in 2019) and the 5th most popular Belgian Composer.
Adrian Willaert was a composer, music theorist, and organist. He is most famous for his contribution to the madrigal.
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Among composers, Adrian Willaert ranks 170 out of 1,216. Before him are John Barry, Nicola Porpora, Scott Joplin, Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov, Franz von Suppé, and Witold Lutosławski. After him are Steve Reich, Eduard Strauss, Johann Ambrosius Bach, Amilcare Ponchielli, Maurizio Pollini, and Jan Dismas Zelenka.
1933 - 2011
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 164
1686 - 1768
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 165
1868 - 1917
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 166
1883 - 1946
HPI: 64.18
Rank: 167
1819 - 1895
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 168
1913 - 1994
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 169
1490 - 1562
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 170
1936 - Present
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 171
1835 - 1916
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 172
1645 - 1695
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 173
1834 - 1886
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 174
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 175
1679 - 1745
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 176
Among people born in 1490, Adrian Willaert ranks 4. Before him are Mimar Sinan, Albert, Duke of Prussia, and Charles III, Duke of Bourbon. After him are Olaus Magnus, Huáscar, Albert of Brandenburg, Vittoria Colonna, Ebussuud Efendi, Florian Geyer, Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, and Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino. Among people deceased in 1562, Adrian Willaert ranks 3. Before him are Antoine of Navarre and Lütfi Pasha. After him are Götz von Berlichingen, Gabriele Falloppio, Eleanor of Toledo, Peter of Alcantara, Jan van Scorel, Francesco de' Rossi, Christoph Amberger, Peter Martyr Vermigli, and Claudin de Sermisy.
1490 - 1588
HPI: 78.71
Rank: 1
1490 - 1568
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 2
1490 - 1527
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 3
1490 - 1562
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 4
1490 - 1557
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 5
1490 - 1533
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 6
1490 - 1545
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 7
1490 - 1547
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 8
1490 - 1574
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 9
1490 - 1525
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 10
1490 - 1573
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 11
1490 - 1538
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 12
1518 - 1562
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 1
1488 - 1562
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 2
1490 - 1562
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 3
1480 - 1562
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 4
1523 - 1562
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 5
1522 - 1562
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 6
1499 - 1562
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 7
1495 - 1562
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 8
1510 - 1562
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 9
1505 - 1562
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 10
1499 - 1562
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 11
1490 - 1562
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 12
Among people born in Belgium, Adrian Willaert ranks 84 out of 1,019. Before him are Ernest Solvay (1838), Hubert van Eyck (1366), Albert Claude (1899), Corneille Heymans (1892), Matilda of Flanders (1031), and Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders (1837). After him are Marie José of Belgium (1906), Yves Chauvin (1930), Jacques Piccard (1922), Paul-Henri Spaak (1899), Ferdinand Verbiest (1623), and Jan Brueghel the Younger (1601).
1838 - 1922
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 78
1366 - 1426
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 79
1899 - 1983
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 80
1892 - 1968
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 81
1031 - 1083
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 82
1837 - 1905
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 83
1490 - 1562
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 84
1906 - 2001
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 85
1930 - 2015
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 86
1922 - 2008
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 87
1899 - 1972
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 88
1623 - 1688
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 89
1601 - 1678
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 90
Among composers born in Belgium, Adrian Willaert ranks 5. Before him are Orlande de Lassus (1534), César Franck (1822), Guillaume Du Fay (1397), and Johannes Ockeghem (1410). After him are Gilles Binchois (1400), Eugène Ysaÿe (1858), Henri Vieuxtemps (1820), Jacob Obrecht (1457), André Grétry (1741), Jacques Arcadelt (1507), and Pierre De Geyter (1848).
1534 - 1594
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 1
1822 - 1890
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 2
1397 - 1474
HPI: 68.80
Rank: 3
1410 - 1497
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 4
1490 - 1562
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 5
1400 - 1460
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 6
1858 - 1931
HPI: 62.76
Rank: 7
1820 - 1881
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 8
1457 - 1505
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 9
1741 - 1813
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 10
1507 - 1568
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 11
1848 - 1932
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 12