COMPOSER

Francisco Tárrega

1852 - 1909

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Francisco de Asís Tárrega y Eixea (21 November 1852 – 15 December 1909) was a Spanish composer and classical guitarist of the late Romantic period. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francisco Tárrega has received more than 734,768 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 48 in 2019). Francisco Tárrega is the 115th most popular composer (down from 107th in 2019), the 125th most popular biography from Spain (down from 99th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Spanish Composer.

Francisco Tárrega is most famous for his guitar compositions.

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  • 730k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Francisco Tárrega ranks 115 out of 1,451. Before him are Giacomo Meyerbeer, Giulio Caccini, Joaquín Rodrigo, Mily Balakirev, Arthur Honegger, and Gregorio Allegri. After him are György Ligeti, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, Fanny Mendelssohn, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Muzio Clementi, and Krzysztof Penderecki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, Francisco Tárrega ranks 12. Before him are William Ramsay, Emil Fischer, Albert A. Michelson, Henri Moissan, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, and Joseph Joffre. After him are Charles Taze Russell, William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Constantin Fehrenbach, and Ferdinand von Lindemann. Among people deceased in 1909, Francisco Tárrega ranks 8. Before him are Cesare Lombroso, Geronimo, Itō Hirobumi, Isaac Albéniz, Hermann Minkowski, and Hermann Ebbinghaus. After him are Peder Severin Krøyer, Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia, Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, and Emil Erlenmeyer.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Francisco Tárrega ranks 125 out of 3,355. Before him are Margaret Theresa of Spain (1651), Pablo de Sarasate (1844), Miguel de Unamuno (1864), Javier Solana (1942), Paco de Lucía (1947), and Francisco de Orellana (1511). After him are Ferdinand III of Castile (1199), Ricardo Zamora (1901), Miguel Primo de Rivera (1870), Francisco Gento (1933), Princess Isabella of Parma (1741), and Almanzor (930).

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Among COMPOSERS In Spain

Among composers born in Spain, Francisco Tárrega ranks 3. Before him are Manuel de Falla (1876), and Joaquín Rodrigo (1901). After him are Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548), Enrique Granados (1867), Jordi Savall (1941), Antonio Soler (1729), Joaquín Turina (1882), Federico Mompou (1893), Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga (1806), Gaspar Sanz (1640), and Antonio de Cabezón (1510).

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