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Arcangelo Corelli

1653 - 1713

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Arcangelo Corelli (, also UK: , US: , Italian: [arˈkandʒelo koˈrɛlli]; 17 February 1653 – 8 January 1713) was an Italian composer and violinist of the Baroque era. His music was key in the development of the modern genres of sonata and concerto, in establishing the preeminence of the violin, and as the first coalescing of modern tonality and functional harmony. He was trained in Bologna and Rome and spent most of his career there with the protection of wealthy patrons. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arcangelo Corelli has received more than 824,605 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 62 in 2019). Arcangelo Corelli is the 18th most popular musician (down from 16th in 2019), the 240th most popular biography from Italy (down from 196th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Musician.

Arcangelo Corelli was a famous Italian composer. He is most famous for his violin concertos.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Arcangelo Corelli ranks 18 out of 3,175. Before him are Jimi Hendrix, Madonna, George Harrison, Leonard Cohen, Jeff Beck, and Władysław Szpilman. After him are Ray Charles, Ringo Starr, Bon Scott, Mark Knopfler, Jean-Michel Jarre, and Cat Stevens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1653, Arcangelo Corelli ranks 1. After him are Johann Pachelbel, Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Poland, Prince George of Denmark, André-Hercule de Fleury, Claude Louis Hector de Villars, Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Georg Muffat, Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Maria Amalia of Courland, Carlo Ruzzini, and Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck. Among people deceased in 1713, Arcangelo Corelli ranks 2. Before him is Frederick I of Prussia. After him are Juraj Jánošík, Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, Jean Chardin, Carlo Maratta, Jahandar Shah, Giuseppe Maria Tomasi, Michael II Apafi, Frederick William, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Arcangelo Corelli ranks 240 out of 5,161. Before him are Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696), Giorgio Armani (1934), Pope Gregory XIV (1535), Pope Innocent XII (1615), Pope Eugene III (1080), and Sergio Leone (1929). After him are Pope Clement XIV (1705), Pope Nicholas V (1397), Pope Innocent XIII (1655), Pope Pelagius II (520), Pliny the Younger (61), and Pope Alexander VIII (1610).

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Among MUSICIANS In Italy

Among musicians born in Italy, Arcangelo Corelli ranks 2. Before him are Niccolò Paganini (1782). After him are Giorgio Moroder (1940), Cosima Wagner (1837), Ludovico Einaudi (1955), Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755), Lucio Dalla (1943), Giovanni Battista Martini (1706), Paolo Conte (1937), Gianna Nannini (1954), Romano Mussolini (1927), and Luigi Tenco (1938).

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