COMPOSER

Francisco Asenjo Barbieri

1823 - 1894

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Francisco Asenjo Barbieri (3 August 1823 – 19 February 1894) was a well-known composer of the popular Spanish opera form, zarzuela. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francisco Asenjo Barbieri has received more than 36,407 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Francisco Asenjo Barbieri is the 1,182nd most popular composer (down from 1,173rd in 2019), the 1,542nd most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,462nd in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Spanish Composer.

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  • 36k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Francisco Asenjo Barbieri ranks 1,182 out of 1,451Before him are Melchior Vulpius, Alberto Nepomuceno, Oskar Kolberg, Adolph Deutsch, Knudåge Riisager, and Cyril Scott. After him are Gustav Ernesaks, Tadeusz Baird, Andrey Petrov, Peter Arnold Heise, Hilding Rosenberg, and Hans Gál.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1823, Francisco Asenjo Barbieri ranks 69Before him are Daniel Harrwitz, Gonçalves Dias, Ernest Reyer, Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, Joseph Leidy, and Dmitry Tolstoy. After him are William M. Tweed, Spencer Fullerton Baird, Robert Whitehead, Guillermo Tell Villegas, Henry Wirz, and Manolache Costache Epureanu. Among people deceased in 1894, Francisco Asenjo Barbieri ranks 75Before him are William Dwight Whitney, Edmond Frémy, Boston Corbett, Joseph Schröter, Adolf Friedrich von Schack, and George Romanes. After him are Victor Duruy, George Inness, Alphons Czibulka, R. M. Ballantyne, Kitamura Tokoku, and Remigio Morales Bermúdez.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Francisco Asenjo Barbieri ranks 1,542 out of 3,355Before him are Rosa Chacel (1898), Ángel Atienza (1931), José Luis Garci (1944), José Bergamín (1895), Sito Pons (1959), and Rebeca Linares (1983). After him are Joseba Sarrionandia (1958), Manolo el del bombo (1949), Pedri (2002), Gabriel Aresti (1933), Delio Rodríguez (1916), and Enrique Gaspar y Rimbau (1842).

Among COMPOSERS In Spain

Among composers born in Spain, Francisco Asenjo Barbieri ranks 32Before him are Federico Moreno Torroba (1891), Robert Gerhard (1896), Ruperto Chapí (1851), Emilio Arrieta (1823), Luis de Pablo (1930), and Cristóbal Halffter (1930). After him are Antón García Abril (1933), Federico Chueca (1846), Javier Navarrete (1956), and Vicente Amigo (1967).