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Alessandro Rolla

1757 - 1841

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Alessandro Rolla (Italian pronunciation: [alesˈsandro ˈrɔlla]; 23 April 1757 – 14 September 1841) was an Italian viola and violin virtuoso, composer, conductor and teacher. His son, Antonio Rolla, was also a violin virtuoso and composer. His fame now rests mainly as "teacher of the great Paganini", yet his role was very important in the development of violin and viola technique. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alessandro Rolla has received more than 69,267 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Alessandro Rolla is the 980th most popular composer, the 3,112th most popular biography from Italy and the 161st most popular Italian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Alessandro Rolla ranks 980 out of 1,451. Before him are Girolamo Diruta, Nicola Piovani, Friedrich Silcher, Michael William Balfe, Ignaz Holzbauer, and John Tavener. After him are Federico Moreno Torroba, Friedrich Gernsheim, Lars-Erik Larsson, Jean Mouton, Egon Wellesz, and Ivan Galamian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1757, Alessandro Rolla ranks 33. Before him are Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, Louis-Sébastien Lenormand, Robert Smith, Maria Anna of Savoy, Duchess of Chablais, Albrecht Wilhelm Roth, and Thomas Telford. After him are Countess Friederike von Schlieben, Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Józef Kozłowski, Wojciech Bogusławski, Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, and Pál Kitaibel. Among people deceased in 1841, Alessandro Rolla ranks 29. Before him are George Green, Princess Augusta of Prussia, Honoré V, Prince of Monaco, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Peter Chanel, and Agustín Gamarra. After him are Bernhard Romberg, Peter Andreas Heiberg, Louis de Freycinet, Ignaz von Seyfried, Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg, and Georg Anton Friedrich Ast.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Alessandro Rolla ranks 3,112 out of 5,161. Before him are Nicola Piovani (1946), Ottavio Bianchi (1943), Elia Millosevich (1848), Giancarlo De Sisti (1943), Titus Flavius Sabinus (100), and Angelo de Gubernatis (1840). After him are Ulisse Dini (1845), Gimax (1938), Leonardo Murialdo (1828), Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1855), Giuseppe Signori (1968), and Lucrezia Marinella (1571).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Alessandro Rolla ranks 161. Before him are Italo Montemezzi (1875), Nicola Vicentino (1511), Attilio Ariosti (1666), Ludwig Thuille (1861), Girolamo Diruta (1554), and Nicola Piovani (1946). After him are Franco Donatoni (1927), Renzo Rossellini (1908), Giovanni Maria Nanino (1544), Franco Faccio (1840), Alessandro Grandi (1586), and Lorenzo Perosi (1872).

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