1660 - 1725
Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti (2 May 1660 – 22 October 1725) was an Italian Baroque composer, known especially for his operas and chamber cantatas. He is considered the most important representative of the Neapolitan school of opera. Nicknamed by his contemporaries "the Italian Orpheus", he divided his career between Naples and Rome, where he received his training; a significant part of his works was composed for the papal city. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alessandro Scarlatti has received more than 464,650 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia. Alessandro Scarlatti is the 70th most popular composer, the 281st most popular biography from Italy (down from 260th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Italian Composer.
Alessandro Scarlatti is most famous for his operas.
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Among composers, Alessandro Scarlatti ranks 70 out of 1,216. Before him are Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, John Williams, Alexander Scriabin, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Charles Gounod, and Vangelis. After him are Alexander Borodin, Johann Pachelbel, Anton Webern, Josquin des Prez, Jules Massenet, and Dieterich Buxtehude.
1714 - 1788
HPI: 72.58
Rank: 64
1932 - Present
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 65
1871 - 1915
HPI: 72.39
Rank: 66
1710 - 1736
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 67
1818 - 1893
HPI: 72.23
Rank: 68
1943 - 2022
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 69
1660 - 1725
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 70
1833 - 1887
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 71
1653 - 1706
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 72
1883 - 1945
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 73
1450 - 1521
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 74
1842 - 1912
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 75
1637 - 1707
HPI: 71.39
Rank: 76
Among people born in 1660, Alessandro Scarlatti ranks 3. Before him are Daniel Defoe and George I of Great Britain. After him are Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria, André Campra, Johann Joseph Fux, Hans Sloane, Veronica Giuliani, Johann Kuhnau, Andreas Schlüter, and Johann Patkul. Among people deceased in 1725, Alessandro Scarlatti ranks 2. Before him is Peter the Great. After him are Mahmud Hotak, Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Arai Hakuseki, Christian August of Saxe-Zeitz, René de Froulay de Tessé, Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani, José Benito de Churriguera, and Jonathan Wild.
1660 - 1731
HPI: 79.35
Rank: 1
1660 - 1727
HPI: 73.97
Rank: 2
1660 - 1725
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 3
1660 - 1744
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 4
1660 - 1690
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 5
1660 - 1744
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 6
1660 - 1741
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 7
1660 - 1753
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 8
1660 - 1727
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 9
1660 - 1722
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 10
1660 - 1714
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 11
1660 - 1707
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 12
1672 - 1725
HPI: 83.99
Rank: 1
1660 - 1725
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 2
1697 - 1725
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 3
1653 - 1725
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 4
1657 - 1725
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 5
1666 - 1725
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 6
1648 - 1725
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 7
1658 - 1725
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 8
1665 - 1725
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 9
1683 - 1725
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 10
Among people born in Italy, Alessandro Scarlatti ranks 281 out of 4,668. Before him are Pope Alexander I (100), Pope Fabian (200), Catiline (-109), Marsilio Ficino (1433), Paolo Uccello (1475), and Lucius Tarquinius Priscus (-700). After him are Pierre Cardin (1922), Benvenuto Cellini (1500), Pope Adrian II (792), Giambattista Vico (1668), Cosimo de' Medici (1389), and Bonaventure (1221).
100 - 116
HPI: 72.19
Rank: 275
200 - 250
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 276
109 BC - 62 BC
HPI: 72.10
Rank: 277
1433 - 1499
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 278
1475 - 1475
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 279
700 BC - 579 BC
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 280
1660 - 1725
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 281
1922 - 2020
HPI: 71.95
Rank: 282
1500 - 1571
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 283
792 - 872
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 284
1668 - 1744
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 285
1389 - 1464
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 286
1221 - 1274
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 287
Among composers born in Italy, Alessandro Scarlatti ranks 15. Before him are Gaetano Donizetti (1797), Tomaso Albinoni (1671), Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632), Domenico Scarlatti (1685), Vincenzo Bellini (1801), and Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710). After him are Nino Rota (1911), Luigi Boccherini (1743), Pietro Mascagni (1863), Luigi Cherubini (1760), Carlo Gesualdo (1566), and Jacopo Peri (1561).
1797 - 1848
HPI: 75.19
Rank: 9
1671 - 1751
HPI: 75.16
Rank: 10
1632 - 1687
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 11
1685 - 1757
HPI: 74.29
Rank: 12
1801 - 1835
HPI: 74.28
Rank: 13
1710 - 1736
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 14
1660 - 1725
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 15
1911 - 1979
HPI: 71.12
Rank: 16
1743 - 1805
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 17
1863 - 1945
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 18
1760 - 1842
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 19
1566 - 1613
HPI: 69.51
Rank: 20
1561 - 1633
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 21