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Chiquinha Gonzaga

1847 - 1935

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Francisca Edwiges Neves Gonzaga, better known as Chiquinha Gonzaga (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʃiˈkiɲɐ ɡõˈzaɡɐ]; October 17, 1847 – February 28, 1935) was a Brazilian composer, pianist and the first woman conductor in Brazil. Chiquinha Gonzaga was the first pianist of "choro" and author of the first carnival march, "Ó Abre Alas" (1899). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chiquinha Gonzaga has received more than 129,014 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Chiquinha Gonzaga is the 950th most popular composer (up from 989th in 2019), the 372nd most popular biography from Brazil (down from 341st in 2019) and the 5th most popular Brazilian Composer.

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  • 57.83

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Chiquinha Gonzaga ranks 950 out of 1,451. Before her are William Christie, Mikael Tariverdiev, Arnold Mendelssohn, Francesco Araja, Felice Anerio, and Napoléon Henri Reber. After her are Italo Montemezzi, Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély, Guy Ropartz, Josip Runjanin, R. Murray Schafer, and Felix Draeseke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1847, Chiquinha Gonzaga ranks 66. Before her are Kálmán Mikszáth, Karl Wittgenstein, Émile Faguet, Domenico Ferrata, Arthur Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird, and Richard Bowdler Sharpe. After her are Charles Renard, Michel-Joseph Maunoury, Joseph Achille Le Bel, Heinrich Gelzer, Frederick Arthur Bridgman, and Ellen Terry. Among people deceased in 1935, Chiquinha Gonzaga ranks 88. Before her are Hans Tropsch, Virginie Demont-Breton, Childe Hassam, Sun Chuanfang, Tsubouchi Shōyō, and Pyotr Kozlov. After her are Jules Cambon, Francisco Cepeda, Daniel Salamanca Urey, Nina Grieg, Charles Demuth, and Richard Sheldon.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Chiquinha Gonzaga ranks 372 out of 2,236. Before her are Juvenal Amarijo (1923), Joel Camargo (1946), Moderato Wisintainer (1902), Joel Santana (1948), Zé Sérgio (1957), and Silva Batuta (1940). After her are Marta (1986), Daishiro Yoshimura (1947), Otto Glória (1917), Frei Galvão (1739), Luiz Gonzaga (1912), and José de Anchieta Fontana (1940).

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Among COMPOSERS In Brazil

Among composers born in Brazil, Chiquinha Gonzaga ranks 5. Before her are Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887), Antônio Carlos Gomes (1836), Ary Barroso (1903), and Egberto Gismonti (1947). After her are Camargo Guarnieri (1907), Francisco Mignone (1897), Alberto Nepomuceno (1864), Cláudio Santoro (1919), and Alexandre Levy (1864).

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