1866 - 1924
Ferruccio Busoni (1 April 1866 – 27 July 1924) was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor, editor, writer, and teacher. His international career and reputation led him to work closely with many of the leading musicians, artists and literary figures of his time, and he was a sought-after keyboard instructor and a teacher of composition. From an early age, Busoni was an outstanding, if sometimes controversial, pianist. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferruccio Busoni has received more than 525,190 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Ferruccio Busoni is the 163rd most popular composer (up from 166th in 2019), the 783rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 745th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Italian Composer.
Ferruccio Busoni was an Italian pianist and composer. He is most famous for his piano transcriptions of Bach's works.
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Among composers, Ferruccio Busoni ranks 163 out of 1,216. Before him are Giovanni Paisiello, Marin Marais, Vittorio Monti, Dmitry Kabalevsky, Francesco Cavalli, and Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck. After him are John Barry, Nicola Porpora, Scott Joplin, Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov, Franz von Suppé, and Witold Lutosławski.
1740 - 1816
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 157
1656 - 1728
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 158
1868 - 1922
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 159
1904 - 1986
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 160
1602 - 1676
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 161
1562 - 1621
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 162
1866 - 1924
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 163
1933 - 2011
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 164
1686 - 1768
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 165
1868 - 1917
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 166
1883 - 1946
HPI: 64.18
Rank: 167
1819 - 1895
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 168
1913 - 1994
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 169
Among people born in 1866, Ferruccio Busoni ranks 14. Before him are Alfred Werner, Benedetto Croce, Beatrix Potter, Aby Warburg, Giovanni Agnelli, and Hans von Seeckt. After him are Aleksandr Ulyanov, Jacinto Benavente, Anne Sullivan, Charles Nicolle, Ramsay MacDonald, and Emilio De Bono. Among people deceased in 1924, Ferruccio Busoni ranks 14. Before him are Louis Sullivan, Gabriel Fauré, Carl Spitteler, Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, Frances Hodgson Burnett, and George Mallory. After him are Robert Nivelle, Ferdinand Cheval, Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant, G. Stanley Hall, Giacomo Matteotti, and Léon Bakst.
1866 - 1919
HPI: 70.70
Rank: 8
1866 - 1952
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 9
1866 - 1943
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 10
1866 - 1929
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 11
1866 - 1945
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 12
1866 - 1936
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 13
1866 - 1924
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 14
1866 - 1887
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 15
1866 - 1954
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 16
1866 - 1936
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 17
1866 - 1936
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 18
1866 - 1937
HPI: 63.24
Rank: 19
1866 - 1944
HPI: 63.24
Rank: 20
1856 - 1924
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 8
1845 - 1924
HPI: 71.31
Rank: 9
1845 - 1924
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 10
1868 - 1924
HPI: 69.77
Rank: 11
1849 - 1924
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 12
1886 - 1924
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 13
1866 - 1924
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 14
1856 - 1924
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 15
1836 - 1924
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 16
1852 - 1924
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 17
1846 - 1924
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 18
1885 - 1924
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 19
1866 - 1924
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 20
Among people born in Italy, Ferruccio Busoni ranks 783 out of 4,668. Before him are Lodovico Ferrari (1522), Vitiges (475), Francesco Cavalli (1602), Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749), Pope Leo V (870), and Lucius Cornelius Cinna (-135). After him are Charles Martel of Anjou (1271), Lorenzo Lotto (1480), Peter, King of Hungary (1011), Italo Balbo (1896), Laura Bassi (1711), and Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1671).
1522 - 1565
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 777
475 - 542
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 778
1602 - 1676
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 779
1749 - 1838
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 780
870 - 905
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 781
135 BC - 84 BC
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 782
1866 - 1924
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 783
1271 - 1295
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 784
1480 - 1556
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 785
1011 - 1050
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 786
1896 - 1940
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 787
1711 - 1778
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 788
1671 - 1737
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 789
Among composers born in Italy, Ferruccio Busoni ranks 34. Before him are Gregorio Allegri (1582), Ottorino Respighi (1879), Vincenzo Galilei (1520), Giovanni Paisiello (1740), Vittorio Monti (1868), and Francesco Cavalli (1602). After him are Amilcare Ponchielli (1834), Maurizio Pollini (1942), Baldassare Galuppi (1706), Giuseppe Torelli (1658), Luciano Berio (1925), and Francesco Landini (1325).
1582 - 1652
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 28
1879 - 1936
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 29
1520 - 1591
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 30
1740 - 1816
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 31
1868 - 1922
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 32
1602 - 1676
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 33
1866 - 1924
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 34
1834 - 1886
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 35
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 36
1706 - 1785
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 37
1658 - 1709
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 38
1925 - 2003
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 39
1325 - 1397
HPI: 63.07
Rank: 40