COMPOSER

Andrea Gabrieli

1533 - 1585

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Andrea Gabrieli (1532/1533 – August 30, 1585) was an Italian composer and organist of the late Renaissance. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrea Gabrieli has received more than 121,224 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Andrea Gabrieli is the 219th most popular composer (down from 202nd in 2019), the 1,037th most popular biography from Italy (down from 930th in 2019) and the 48th most popular Italian Composer.

Andrea Gabrieli is most famous for being the founder of the Venetian School of Music. He was a composer, organist, and harpsichordist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Andrea Gabrieli ranks 219 out of 1,451. Before him are Niccolò Piccinni, Howard Shore, Francesco Landini, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Maurizio Pollini, and Lili Boulanger. After him are Ion Ivanovici, Nicola Porpora, Ernest Chausson, Jerry Goldsmith, Johann Ambrosius Bach, and Henri Vieuxtemps.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1533, Andrea Gabrieli ranks 9. Before him are William the Silent, Stephen Báthory, Eric XIV of Sweden, Ismail II, Giacomo della Porta, and Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland. After him are Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Abdullah Khan II, Claudio Merulo, Mōri Terumoto, Hieronymus Fabricius, and Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua. Among people deceased in 1585, Andrea Gabrieli ranks 5. Before him are Pope Gregory XIII, Pierre de Ronsard, Ismihan Sultan, and Yermak Timofeyevich. After him are Thomas Tallis, Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony, Pontus De la Gardie, Rembert Dodoens, Luca Cambiaso, and Nicolò da Ponte.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Andrea Gabrieli ranks 1,037 out of 5,161. Before him are Milonia Caesonia (7), Bartolommeo Bandinelli (1488), Tina Modotti (1896), Mirella Freni (1935), Concino Concini (1575), and Gnaeus Naevius (-275). After him are Gioffre Borgia (1481), Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1431), Ettore Scola (1931), Romuald (951), Frank Costello (1891), and Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici (1667).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Andrea Gabrieli ranks 48. Before him are Andrea Luchesi (1741), Umberto Giordano (1867), Alessandro Marcello (1673), Niccolò Piccinni (1728), Francesco Landini (1325), and Maurizio Pollini (1942). After him are Nicola Porpora (1686), Gaspare Spontini (1774), Giacomo Carissimi (1605), Luigi Nono (1924), Antonio Caldara (1670), and Benedetto Marcello (1686).

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