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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 131,747 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

Among composers, Adrian Willaert ranks 170 out of 1,216Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1490, Adrian Willaert ranks 4Before 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 3Before 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.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Adrian Willaert ranks 84 out of 1,019Before 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).

Among COMPOSERS In Belgium

Among composers born in Belgium, Adrian Willaert ranks 5Before 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).