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Francesco Durante

1684 - 1755

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Francesco Durante (31 March 1684 – 30 September 1755) was an Italian composer of the Neapolitan School. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francesco Durante has received more than 86,931 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Francesco Durante is the 245th most popular composer (up from 333rd in 2019), the 1,130th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,366th in 2019) and the 55th most popular Italian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Francesco Durante ranks 245 out of 1,451Before him are Johan Halvorsen, Johann Adolph Hasse, Henryk Górecki, Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria, Albert Roussel, and Alfred Schnittke. After him are Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Otto Nicolai, Pierre Schaeffer, Jacques Ibert, Ambroise Thomas, and Clemens Krauss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1684, Francesco Durante ranks 5Before him are Catherine I of Russia, Jean-Antoine Watteau, Ludvig Holberg, and Maria Barbara Bach. After him are Tokugawa Yoshimune, Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg, Johann Gottfried Walther, Jean-Baptiste van Loo, Robert Maynard, Kimpa Vita, and Edward Vernon. Among people deceased in 1755, Francesco Durante ranks 2Before him is Montesquieu. After him are Gerard Majella, Princess Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach, Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Johann Georg Pisendel, Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve, Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Johann Georg Gmelin, Johann Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz, and Philipp Stamma.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Francesco Durante ranks 1,130 out of 5,161Before him are Domenico Veneziano (1410), Archduke John of Austria (1782), Verres (-120), Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta (1869), Bernardino of Siena (1380), and Tatiana of Rome (200). After him are Ferdinand II of Naples (1467), Liutprand of Cremona (922), Taddeo Gaddi (1290), Romano Guardini (1885), Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1843), and Giovanni Battista Riccioli (1598).

Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Francesco Durante ranks 55Before him are Nicola Porpora (1686), Gaspare Spontini (1774), Giacomo Carissimi (1605), Luigi Nono (1924), Antonio Caldara (1670), and Benedetto Marcello (1686). After him are Francesco Geminiani (1687), Gioseffo Zarlino (1517), Riccardo Broschi (1698), Antonio Lotti (1667), Giovanni Battista Sammartini (1700), and Alessandro Stradella (1643).