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Giovanni Battista Martini

1706 - 1784

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Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giovanni Battista Martini has received more than 119,074 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Battista Martini is the 189th most popular musician (down from 154th in 2019), the 1,078th most popular biography from Italy (down from 940th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Italian Musician.

Giovanni Battista Martini was an Italian Jesuit priest and musicologist. He is most famous for his three volume work, "Thesaurus Musicae Antiquae", which was published in 1774.

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  • 62.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Giovanni Battista Martini ranks 189 out of 3,175. Before him are Rory Gallagher, Muddy Waters, Nam June Paik, John Cale, John Paul Jones, and Alicia Keys. After him are Emil Gilels, Roger Whittaker, Dr. Alban, Claudio Arrau, Paolo Conte, and Gene Simmons.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1706, Giovanni Battista Martini ranks 4. Before him are Benjamin Franklin, Émilie du Châtelet, and Baldassare Galuppi. After him are Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg, John Dollond, Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis, John Baskerville, Princess Charlotte Amalie of Denmark, Augustus George, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, and Giuseppe Asclepi. Among people deceased in 1784, Giovanni Battista Martini ranks 6. Before him are Denis Diderot, Count of St. Germain, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Samuel Johnson, and Phillis Wheatley. After him are Junípero Serra, Torbern Bergman, Otto Friedrich Müller, Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia, Abraham Trembley, and César-François Cassini de Thury.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Battista Martini ranks 1,078 out of 5,161. Before him are Beniamino Gigli (1890), Luigi Nono (1924), Guy III of Spoleto (900), Rustichello da Pisa (1290), Maria Pia of Savoy (1847), and Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta (1943). After him are Antonio Caldara (1670), Lars Porsena (-600), Scipione del Ferro (1465), Hiero I of Syracuse (-600), Marcus Claudius Marcellus (-42), and Augustine of Canterbury (510).

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Among MUSICIANS In Italy

Among musicians born in Italy, Giovanni Battista Martini ranks 8. Before him are Arcangelo Corelli (1653), Giorgio Moroder (1940), Cosima Wagner (1837), Ludovico Einaudi (1955), Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755), and Lucio Dalla (1943). After him are Paolo Conte (1937), Gianna Nannini (1954), Romano Mussolini (1927), Luigi Tenco (1938), Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (1920), and Mauro Giuliani (1781).

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