COMPOSER

Francesco Canova da Milano

1497 - 1543

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Francesco Canova da Milano (Francesco da Milano, also known as Il divino, Francesco da Parigi, etc.) (18 August 1497 – 2 January 1543) was an Italian lutenist and composer. He was born in Monza, near Milan, and worked for the papal court for almost all of his career. Francesco was heralded throughout Europe as the foremost lute composer of his time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francesco Canova da Milano has received more than 64,692 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Francesco Canova da Milano is the 619th most popular composer (down from 618th in 2019), the 2,242nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,147th in 2019) and the 111th most popular Italian Composer.

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  • 55.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Francesco Canova da Milano ranks 619 out of 1,451. Before him are Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev, Ildebrando Pizzetti, Kurt Atterberg, Robert Fuchs, Morton Feldman, and Alois Hába. After him are Jeremiah Clarke, Léon Boëllmann, Johann Nikolaus Forkel, Pancho Vladigerov, Tomaso Antonio Vitali, and Adolf von Henselt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1497, Francesco Canova da Milano ranks 8. Before him are Philip Melanchthon, Beyhan Sultan, Pedro de Valdivia, Emperor Go-Nara, Mōri Motonari, and Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. After him are Jean Fernel, and Stephen Gardiner. Among people deceased in 1543, Francesco Canova da Milano ranks 11. Before him are Al-Mutawakkil III, Johann Eck, George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, Maria Salviati, and Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo. After him are Polidoro da Caravaggio, Susanna of Bavaria, Sebastian Franck, Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, Melchior Hoffman, and Francesco Granacci.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Francesco Canova da Milano ranks 2,242 out of 5,161. Before him are Pietro Gradenigo (1251), Andrea Contarini (1300), Paolo Bonacelli (1937), Luigi Guido Grandi (1671), Fernando d'Ávalos (1489), and Julian Cesarini (1398). After him are Adriana Asti (1931), Umberto Lenzi (1931), Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1587), Folco Lulli (1912), Azzone Visconti (1302), and Faustina Bordoni (1697).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Francesco Canova da Milano ranks 111. Before him are Tommaso Traetta (1727), Isabella Leonarda (1620), Giacinto Scelsi (1905), Luzzasco Luzzaschi (1545), Francesco Feo (1691), and Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880). After him are Tomaso Antonio Vitali (1663), Andrea Falconieri (1580), Riccardo Zandonai (1883), Domenico Dragonetti (1763), Eduardo di Capua (1865), and Orazio Vecchi (1550).

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