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Claudio Merulo

1533 - 1604

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Claudio Merulo (Italian pronunciation: [ˈklaudjo ˈmɛːrulo]; 8 April 1533 – 4 May 1604) was an Italian composer, publisher and organist of the late Renaissance period, most famous for his innovative keyboard music and his ensemble music composed in the Venetian polychoral style. He was born in Correggio and died in Parma. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Claudio Merulo has received more than 52,280 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Claudio Merulo is the 430th most popular composer (down from 324th in 2019), the 1,676th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,353rd in 2019) and the 83rd most popular Italian Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 52k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Claudio Merulo ranks 430 out of 1,216. Before him are Louis-Nicolas Clérambault, Hans Leo Hassler, Mykola Lysenko, Ferdinand Hiller, Charles Auguste de Bériot, and Nikolai Medtner. After him are Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, Ichirou Mizuki, William Walton, Ariel Ramírez, Vasily Kalinnikov, and Pēteris Vasks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1533, Claudio Merulo ranks 14. Before him are Andrea Gabrieli, Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland, Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Hieronymus Fabricius, Abdullah Khan II, and Mōri Terumoto. After him are Eknath, Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Antonio Possevino, Anna van Egmont, Alonso de Ercilla, and Cornelis Cort. Among people deceased in 1604, Claudio Merulo ranks 4. Before him are Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Catherine de Bourbon, and Fausto Sozzini. After him are Ercole, Lord of Monaco, John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort, Isabella Andreini, Christine of Hesse, Juan Fernández, Hamida Banu Begum, and Louis IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Claudio Merulo ranks 1,676 out of 4,668. Before him are Pietro Gasparri (1852), John, Duke of Durazzo (1294), Agostino Barbarigo (1420), Ippolita Maria Sforza (1446), Grimoald, King of the Lombards (610), and Mino Raiola (1967). After him are Antipope Eulalius (310), Alessandro Nesta (1976), Angelo Schiavio (1905), Clodia Pulchra (-94), Giuseppe De Santis (1917), and Francesco Solimena (1657).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Claudio Merulo ranks 83. Before him are Bernardo Pasquini (1637), Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco (1675), Giovanni Pacini (1796), Emilio de' Cavalieri (1550), Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876), and Remo Giazotto (1910). After him are Francesco Maria Veracini (1690), Paolo Tosti (1846), Giacinto Scelsi (1905), Stefano Landi (1587), Antonio Sacchini (1730), and Luigi Rossi (1597).

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