COMPOSER

Diego Ortiz

1510 - 1570

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Diego Ortiz (c. 1510 – c. 1576) was a Spanish composer and music theorist in service to the viceroy of Naples ruled by the Spanish monarchs Charles V and Philip II. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Diego Ortiz has received more than 70,633 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Diego Ortiz is the 632nd most popular composer (down from 584th in 2019), the 798th most popular biography from Spain (down from 735th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Spanish Composer.

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  • 71k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Diego Ortiz ranks 632 out of 1,451. Before him are Andrea Falconieri, Claude Goudimel, Riccardo Zandonai, Max Richter, Orlando Gibbons, and Stephen Foster. After him are Myroslav Skoryk, Domenico Dragonetti, Eduardo di Capua, Ernesto Lecuona, Alfred Newman, and Jean Françaix.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1510, Diego Ortiz ranks 25. Before him are Jacob Clemens non Papa, Bernard Palissy, Guillaume Postel, Margaret Paleologa, Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, and Tullia d'Aragona. After him are Andrea Schiavone, Ferenc Dávid, Alonso Mudarra, Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, Teodósio I, Duke of Braganza, and Simão Rodrigues. Among people deceased in 1570, Diego Ortiz ranks 12. Before him are Philibert de l'Orme, Moses ben Jacob Cordovero, João de Barros, Frans Floris, Tielman Susato, and Eleonora Gonzaga, Duchess of Urbino. After him are Pietro Loredan, Daniele Barbaro, James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, Johann Walter, Francesco Laparelli, and Johannes Brenz.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Diego Ortiz ranks 798 out of 3,355. Before him are Muhammad III of Córdoba (976), Sergio Busquets (1988), Massiel (1947), Elvira de Hidalgo (1891), Juan de Valdés (1505), and Pepe Reina (1982). After him are Alonso Berruguete (1488), Nasr of Granada (1287), Raimon Panikkar (1918), Mécia Lopes de Haro (1215), Narcís Monturiol (1819), and Ahmad al-Muqtadir (1050).

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Among COMPOSERS In Spain

Among composers born in Spain, Diego Ortiz ranks 16. Before him are Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga (1806), Gaspar Sanz (1640), Antonio de Cabezón (1510), Sebastián Iradier (1809), Vicente Martín y Soler (1754), and Luis de Milán (1500). After him are Xavier Cugat (1900), Francisco Guerrero (1528), Alonso Mudarra (1510), Juan Bautista Cabanilles (1644), Luis de Narváez (1500), and Felip Pedrell (1841).

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