COMPOSER

Domenico Cimarosa

1749 - 1801

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Domenico Cimarosa (Italian: [doˈmeːniko tʃimaˈrɔːza] ; 17 December 1749 – 11 January 1801) was an Italian composer of the Neapolitan School and of the Classical period. He wrote more than eighty operas, the best known of which is Il matrimonio segreto (1792); most of his operas are comedies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Domenico Cimarosa has received more than 236,779 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia. Domenico Cimarosa is the 131st most popular composer (down from 124th in 2019), the 618th most popular biography from Italy (down from 581st in 2019) and the 27th most popular Italian Composer.

Domenico Cimarosa is most famous for his operas, such as Il matrimonio segreto.

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  • 66.91

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  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Domenico Cimarosa ranks 131 out of 1,451. Before him are Girolamo Frescobaldi, Mikhail Glinka, Daniel Auber, Benjamin Britten, Carl Nielsen, and Maurice Jarre. After him are Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Johannes Ockeghem, Giovanni Gabrieli, César Cui, Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, and Pérotin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1749, Domenico Cimarosa ranks 8. Before him are Pierre-Simon Laplace, Edward Jenner, Christian VII of Denmark, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, Nicolas Appert, and Yolande de Polastron. After him are Lorenzo Da Ponte, Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe, Daniel Rutherford, Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, and Abraham Gottlob Werner. Among people deceased in 1801, Domenico Cimarosa ranks 4. Before him are Paul I of Russia, Novalis, and Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria. After him are Andrea Luchesi, Benedict Arnold, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden, Murad Bey, Carl Stamitz, Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia, and Archduchess Maria Clementina of Austria.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Domenico Cimarosa ranks 618 out of 5,161. Before him are Pinturicchio (1454), Alessandro Manzoni (1785), Charles II of Naples (1254), Publius Clodius Pulcher (-90), Frank Capra (1897), and Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily (1782). After him are Olybrius (400), Arrigo Sacchi (1946), Bernardo Bellotto (1721), Andrew III of Hungary (1265), Giuliano Gemma (1938), and Giovanni Agnelli (1866).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Domenico Cimarosa ranks 27. Before him are Jacopo Peri (1561), Carlo Gesualdo (1566), Giulio Caccini (1551), Gregorio Allegri (1582), Muzio Clementi (1752), and Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583). After him are Giovanni Gabrieli (1557), Ottorino Respighi (1879), Vincenzo Galilei (1520), Ferruccio Busoni (1866), Giovanni Paisiello (1740), and Vittorio Monti (1868).

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