COMPOSER

Franco Alfano

1875 - 1954

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Franco Alfano (8 March 1875 – 27 October 1954) was an Italian composer and pianist, best known today for his operas Cyrano de Bergerac (1936), Risurrezione (1904) and for having completed Puccini's opera Turandot in 1926. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franco Alfano has received more than 104,777 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Franco Alfano is the 311th most popular composer (up from 320th in 2019), the 1,369th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,337th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular Italian Composer.

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  • 60.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Franco Alfano ranks 311 out of 1,451. Before him are Bernard Herrmann, Thomas Tallis, Clément Janequin, Cécile Chaminade, André Campra, and Evald Aav. After him are Andrew Lloyd Webber, Niccolò Jommelli, Leonardo Leo, Francesco Cilea, Valentyn Sylvestrov, and Franz Benda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Franco Alfano ranks 41. Before him are Sisowath Monivong, Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia, Cléo de Mérode, Thomas Burke, Rudolf von Sebottendorf, and Mistinguett. After him are Birsa Munda, Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg, Nobuyuki Abe, Ludwig Prandtl, Abd al-Hafid of Morocco, and Qiu Jin. Among people deceased in 1954, Franco Alfano ranks 33. Before him are Aristides de Sousa Mendes, Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Sadriddin Ayni, Ivan Ilyin, Thea von Harbou, and Marius Jacob. After him are Charles Ives, Vagn Walfrid Ekman, Archduke Eugen of Austria, Marianne Weber, Princess Margaret of Prussia, and Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Franco Alfano ranks 1,369 out of 5,161. Before him are Battista Farina (1893), Renato Dulbecco (1914), Walter Bonatti (1930), Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri (1667), Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz (1936), and Musa of Parthia (-40). After him are Claudio Magris (1939), Gaius Asinius Pollio (-76), Alessandro Nesta (1976), Frederick IV, Duke of Austria (1382), Angelo Secchi (1818), and Vonones I (-100).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Franco Alfano ranks 62. Before him are Francesco Geminiani (1687), Gioseffo Zarlino (1517), Riccardo Broschi (1698), Antonio Lotti (1667), Giovanni Battista Sammartini (1700), and Alessandro Stradella (1643). After him are Niccolò Jommelli (1714), Leonardo Leo (1694), Francesco Cilea (1866), Giovanni Bononcini (1670), Saverio Mercadante (1795), and Ferdinando Carulli (1770).

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