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Alessandro Stradella

1643 - 1682

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Antonio Alessandro Boncompagno Stradella (Bologna, 3 July 1643 – Genoa, 25 February 1682) was an Italian composer of the middle Baroque period. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alessandro Stradella has received more than 165,092 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Alessandro Stradella is the 284th most popular composer (down from 254th in 2019), the 1,291st most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,136th in 2019) and the 61st most popular Italian Composer.

Alessandro Stradella is most famous for his opera "La morte d'Orfeo" which is about the death of Orpheus, and his "Missa pro Defunctis" which is a requiem mass.

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  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Alessandro Stradella ranks 284 out of 1,451. Before him are Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Louis-Claude Daquin, Franz Xaver Süssmayr, Rodolphe Kreutzer, Antonio Lotti, and Giovanni Battista Sammartini. After him are Martin Agricola, Johann Jakob Froberger, Johann van Beethoven, Hugo Alfvén, Friedrich Kuhlau, and Keith Emerson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1643, Alessandro Stradella ranks 6. Before him are Isaac Newton, Ahmed II, Charles V, Duke of Lorraine, Afonso VI of Portugal, and Philippe, Chevalier de Lorraine. After him are Bahadur Shah I, Johann Adam Reincken, Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado, Jean Chardin, Fran Krsto Frankopan, and Ilona Zrínyi. Among people deceased in 1682, Alessandro Stradella ranks 11. Before him are Evliya Çelebi, Jacob van Ruisdael, Jacob Kettler, Johann Joachim Becher, Avvakum, and Baldassare Longhena. After him are Jean Picard, Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Thomas Browne, Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Gu Yanwu, and Heo Mok.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Alessandro Stradella ranks 1,291 out of 5,161. Before him are Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (1920), Giovanni Battista Sammartini (1700), Irnerius (1050), Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria (1783), Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1870), and Archduchess Maria Clementina of Austria (1777). After him are Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy (1843), Philippe Buonarroti (1761), Vito Volterra (1860), Giovanni Papini (1881), Francesco Maria Piave (1810), and Gianni Vattimo (1936).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Alessandro Stradella ranks 61. Before him are Francesco Durante (1684), Francesco Geminiani (1687), Gioseffo Zarlino (1517), Riccardo Broschi (1698), Antonio Lotti (1667), and Giovanni Battista Sammartini (1700). After him are Franco Alfano (1875), Niccolò Jommelli (1714), Leonardo Leo (1694), Francesco Cilea (1866), Giovanni Bononcini (1670), and Saverio Mercadante (1795).

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