COMPOSER

Adrian Willaert

1490 - 1562

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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 140,300 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Adrian Willaert is the 150th most popular composer (up from 170th in 2019), the 75th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 84th in 2019) and the 6th 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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  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Adrian Willaert ranks 150 out of 1,451. Before him are Paul Dukas, Kurt Weill, Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, John Barry, Darius Milhaud, and Ottorino Respighi. After him are Enrique Granados, Iannis Xenakis, Pierre Boulez, Michel Legrand, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Vincenzo Galilei.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1490, Adrian Willaert ranks 3. Before him are Mimar Sinan, and Albert, Duke of Prussia. After him are Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Olaus Magnus, Vittoria Colonna, Huáscar, Albert of Brandenburg, Florian Geyer, Ebussuud Efendi, Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, and Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino. Among people deceased in 1562, Adrian Willaert ranks 2. Before him is Antoine of Navarre. After him are Eleanor of Toledo, Lütfi Pasha, Gabriele Falloppio, Götz von Berlichingen, Peter of Alcantara, Jan van Scorel, Francesco de' Rossi, Christoph Amberger, Claudin de Sermisy, and Giovanni de' Medici.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Adrian Willaert ranks 75 out of 1,190. Before him are John of Gaunt (1340), Quentin Matsys (1466), Jacques Rogge (1942), Jacob Obrecht (1457), Albert Claude (1899), and Paul Delvaux (1897). After him are Dominique Pire (1910), Émile Verhaeren (1855), Corneille Heymans (1892), Henri Pirenne (1862), Father Damien (1840), and Peyo (1928).

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Among COMPOSERS In Belgium

Among composers born in Belgium, Adrian Willaert ranks 6. Before him are Orlande de Lassus (1534), Guillaume Du Fay (1397), César Franck (1822), Johannes Ockeghem (1410), and Jacob Obrecht (1457). After him are Eugène Ysaÿe (1858), André Grétry (1741), Gilles Binchois (1400), Henri Vieuxtemps (1820), Pierre De Geyter (1848), and Heinrich Isaac (1450).

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