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Gaspar Sanz

1640 - 1710

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Francisco Bartolomé Sanz Celma (April 4, 1640 (baptized) – 1710), better known as Gaspar Sanz, was a Spanish composer, guitarist, and priest born to a wealthy family in Calanda in the comarca of Bajo Aragón, Spain. He studied music, theology and philosophy at the University of Salamanca, where he was later appointed Professor of Music. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gaspar Sanz has received more than 152,244 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Gaspar Sanz is the 458th most popular composer (down from 423rd in 2019), the 584th most popular biography from Spain (down from 517th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Spanish Composer.

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  • 56.67

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.90

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  • 2.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Gaspar Sanz ranks 458 out of 1,216Before him are Federico Mompou, Johann Ludwig Bach, Johann Gottfried Walther, Maurice Duruflé, Michael Kamen, and Franz Schmidt. After him are Giacinto Scelsi, Stefano Landi, Florent Schmitt, Richard Rodgers, George Crumb, and Raimonds Pauls.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1640, Gaspar Sanz ranks 9Before him are Man in the Iron Mask, Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan, Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, La Voisin, Pu Songling, and Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe. After him are Aphra Behn, Philippe de La Hire, Antoine Coysevox, Abraham Mignon, Mariana Alcoforado, and Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland. Among people deceased in 1710, Gaspar Sanz ranks 7Before him are Ole Rømer, Louise de La Vallière, Emperor Higashiyama, Hennig Brand, Louis, Prince of Condé, and Bernardo Pasquini. After him are Duchess Charlotte Felicitas of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Henry, Duke of Saxe-Römhild, and Gottfried Kirch.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Gaspar Sanz ranks 584 out of 2,932Before him are Federico Mompou (1893), Witteric (570), Guti (1976), Julio González (1876), Liuva II (583), and Federica Montseny (1905). After him are Sulayman ibn al-Hakam (1000), Vímara Peres (820), Silo of Asturias (720), Constance of Castile, Duchess of Lancaster (1354), Samuel ibn Naghrillah (993), and Antonio de Nebrija (1441).

Among COMPOSERS In Spain

Among composers born in Spain, Gaspar Sanz ranks 13Before him are Jordi Savall (1941), Antonio Soler (1729), Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga (1806), Joaquín Turina (1882), Sebastián Iradier (1809), and Federico Mompou (1893). After him are Vicente Martín y Soler (1754), Antonio de Cabezón (1510), Diego Ortiz (1510), Luis de Milán (1500), Xavier Cugat (1900), and Luis de Pablo (1930).