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Franchinus Gaffurius

1451 - 1522

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Franchinus Gaffurius (Franchino Gaffurio; 14 January 1451 – 25 June 1522) was an Italian music theorist and composer of the Renaissance. He was an almost exact contemporary of Josquin des Prez and Leonardo da Vinci, both of whom were his personal friends. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franchinus Gaffurius has received more than 51,420 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Franchinus Gaffurius is the 677th most popular composer (down from 671st in 2019), the 2,434th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,293rd in 2019) and the 121st most popular Italian Composer.

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  • 51k

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  • 54.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Franchinus Gaffurius has had the most page views in the with 5,967 views, followed by Italian (3,369), and Spanish (1,558). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Turkish (75.83%), Finnish (44.93%), and Latin (41.06%)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Franchinus Gaffurius ranks 677 out of 1,451. Before her are Otakar Ševčík, Johann Joseph Abert, Sergei Lyapunov, Louise Farrenc, Elfrida Andrée, and Ferdinand David. After her are Edmond Audran, Joseph Szigeti, Leó Weiner, Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, Shunsuke Kikuchi, and Giovanni Battista Vitali.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1451, Franchinus Gaffurius ranks 10. Before her are James III of Scotland, René II, Duke of Lorraine, Frederick of Naples, Kemal Reis, Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence, and Nicolás de Ovando.  Among people deceased in 1522, Franchinus Gaffurius ranks 12. Before her are Piero Soderini, Giovanni Antonio Amadeo, Ramón de Cardona, Hans von Kulmbach, Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis, and Alain I of Albret. After her are Hayır Bey, Johannes Werner, and Jean Mouton.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Franchinus Gaffurius ranks 2,434 out of 5,161. Before her are Sergio Rossi (1935), Carlo Allioni (1728), Marco Rota (1942), Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria (1834), Franco Basaglia (1924), and Titus Annius Milo (-95). After her are Paolo Renier (1710), Taddeo Zuccari (1529), Jacob Hutter (1500), Domenico I Contarini (950), Vitale Faliero (1100), and Aulus Atilius Calatinus (-250).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Franchinus Gaffurius ranks 121. Before her are Domenico Dragonetti (1763), Eduardo di Capua (1865), Orazio Vecchi (1550), Francesco Provenzale (1632), Pietro Filippo Scarlatti (1679), and Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli (1752). After her are Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632), Marc'Antonio Ingegneri (1535), Armando Trovajoli (1917), Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini (1720), Bartolomeo Tromboncino (1470), and Domenico Gabrielli (1659).

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