1517 - 1590
Gioseffo Zarlino (31 January or 22 March 1517 – 4 February 1590) was an Italian music theorist and composer of the Renaissance. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gioseffo Zarlino has received more than 107,989 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Gioseffo Zarlino is the 260th most popular composer (down from 242nd in 2019), the 1,158th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,084th in 2019) and the 55th most popular Italian Composer.
Gioseffo Zarlino was a composer and music theorist who is most famous for his book "The Art of Counterpoint" which was published in 1558.
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Among composers, Gioseffo Zarlino ranks 260 out of 1,216. Before him are Alessandro Stradella, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Irving Berlin, Niccolò Jommelli, and Ernst von Dohnányi. After him are Leonardo Vinci, Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Dmitry Bortniansky, Max Steiner, Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, and André Grétry.
1643 - 1682
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 254
1736 - 1809
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 255
1739 - 1799
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 256
1888 - 1989
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 257
1714 - 1774
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 258
1877 - 1960
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 259
1517 - 1590
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 260
1690 - 1730
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 261
1800 - 1877
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 262
1751 - 1825
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 263
1888 - 1971
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 264
1709 - 1758
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 265
1741 - 1813
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 266
Among people born in 1517, Gioseffo Zarlino ranks 3. Before him are Gotthard Kettler and Emperor Ōgimachi. After him are Francis I, Duke of Lorraine, Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, Li Shizhen, Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk, Pierre Belon, Rembert Dodoens, Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort, Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, and Jacques Pelletier du Mans. Among people deceased in 1590, Gioseffo Zarlino ranks 8. Before him are Pope Sixtus V, Charles II, Archduke of Austria, Ambroise Paré, Christina of Denmark, Archduchess Anna of Austria, and Bernardino de Sahagún. After him are Francis Walsingham, Charles de Bourbon, Archduchess Magdalena of Austria, Giambattista Benedetti, Leone Leoni, and Maddalena Casulana.
1517 - 1587
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 1
1517 - 1593
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 2
1517 - 1590
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 3
1517 - 1545
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 4
1517 - 1586
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 5
1517 - 1593
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 6
1517 - 1559
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 7
1517 - 1564
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 8
1517 - 1585
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 9
1517 - 1604
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 10
1517 - 1554
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 11
1517 - 1583
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 12
1520 - 1590
HPI: 75.03
Rank: 2
1540 - 1590
HPI: 69.19
Rank: 3
1510 - 1590
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 4
1521 - 1590
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 5
1528 - 1590
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 6
1499 - 1590
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 7
1517 - 1590
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 8
1532 - 1590
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 9
1523 - 1590
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 10
1532 - 1590
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 11
1530 - 1590
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 12
1509 - 1590
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 13
1544 - 1590
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 14
Among people born in Italy, Gioseffo Zarlino ranks 1,158 out of 4,668. Before him are Titus Pomponius Atticus (-110), Marcus Claudius Marcellus (-42), Julia Drusilla (39), Veronica Franco (1546), Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti (1774), and Niccolò Jommelli (1714). After him are Franco Corelli (1921), Pope Leo VIII (900), Leonardo Vinci (1690), Taddeo Gaddi (1290), Saint Silvia (515), and Palma Vecchio (1480).
110 BC - 32 BC
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 1,152
42 BC - 23 BC
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 1,153
39 - 41
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 1,154
1546 - 1591
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 1,155
1774 - 1849
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 1,156
1714 - 1774
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 1,157
1517 - 1590
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 1,158
1921 - 2003
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 1,159
900 - 965
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 1,160
1690 - 1730
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 1,161
1290 - 1366
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 1,162
515 - 592
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 1,163
1480 - 1528
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 1,164
Among composers born in Italy, Gioseffo Zarlino ranks 55. Before him are Riccardo Broschi (1698), Giacomo Carissimi (1605), Francesco Geminiani (1687), Luigi Nono (1924), Alessandro Stradella (1643), and Niccolò Jommelli (1714). After him are Leonardo Vinci (1690), Gaspare Spontini (1774), Ferdinando Carulli (1770), Giovanni Battista Sammartini (1700), Saverio Mercadante (1795), and Andrea Luchesi (1741).
1698 - 1756
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 49
1605 - 1674
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 50
1687 - 1762
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 51
1924 - 1990
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 52
1643 - 1682
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 53
1714 - 1774
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 54
1517 - 1590
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 55
1690 - 1730
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 56
1774 - 1851
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 57
1770 - 1841
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 58
1700 - 1775
HPI: 60.02
Rank: 59
1795 - 1870
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 60
1741 - 1801
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 61