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Giaches de Wert

1535 - 1596

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Giaches de Wert (also Jacques/Jaches de Wert, Giaches de Vuert; 1535 – 6 May 1596) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the late Renaissance, active in Italy. Intimately connected with the progressive musical center of Ferrara, he was one of the leaders in developing the style of the late Renaissance madrigal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giaches de Wert has received more than 70,707 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Giaches de Wert is the 900th most popular composer (down from 866th in 2019), the 475th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 415th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Belgian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Giaches de Wert ranks 900 out of 1,451. Before him are Tigran Mansurian, Klaus Huber, Paul Dessau, Hermann Goetz, Václav Tomášek, and Tan Dun. After him are Anton Stamitz, Hans von Koessler, Antonio Bertali, Cathy Berberian, Alberto Franchetti, and Nobuo Uematsu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1535, Giaches de Wert ranks 23. Before him are William the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Lucas van Valckenborch, Yemişçi Hasan Pasha, Klaus Fleming, and Lucrezia d'Este. After him is Éléonore de Roye. Among people deceased in 1596, Giaches de Wert ranks 9. Before him are Anna Jagiellon, Koca Sinan Pasha, Blaise de Vigenère, George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Pellegrino Tibaldi, and Hamnet Shakespeare. After him are Pierre Pithou, and George Peele.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Giaches de Wert ranks 475 out of 1,190. Before him are Pieter Boel (1622), Arno (1949), Gerard de Lairesse (1640), Olivier Gendebien (1924), Joseph Lebeau (1794), and Joseph Mermans (1922). After him are Romain Maes (1912), David Vinckboons (1576), Sylvère Maes (1909), Benoît Poelvoorde (1964), Jacob de Gheyn II (1565), and Johan Leysen (1950).

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Among COMPOSERS In Belgium

Among composers born in Belgium, Giaches de Wert ranks 29. Before him are Philippe Herreweghe (1947), Hucbald (840), Joseph Jongen (1873), Wim Mertens (1953), Philippe de Monte (1521), and Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens (1823). After him are Peter Benoit (1834), and Henri Pousseur (1929).

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