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Giovanni Battista Viotti

1755 - 1824

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Giovanni Battista Viotti (12 May 1755 – 3 March 1824) was an Italian violinist whose virtuosity was famed and whose work as a composer featured a prominent violin and an appealing lyrical tunefulness. He was also a director of French and Italian opera companies in Paris and London. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giovanni Battista Viotti has received more than 149,839 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Giovanni Battista Viotti is the 168th most popular musician (up from 201st in 2019), the 995th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,117th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Italian Musician.

Giovanni Battista Viotti was an Italian violinist and composer. He is most famous for his Violin Concerto No. 24 in G minor, Op. 30, which is one of the most popular violin concertos of all time.

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  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Giovanni Battista Viotti ranks 168 out of 3,175. Before him are Karl Thomas Mozart, Charles-Valentin Alkan, Joseph Joachim, Chick Corea, George Martin, and José Feliciano. After him are Brian Eno, Klaus Nomi, Ian Paice, Itzhak Perlman, Anton Diabelli, and Lucio Dalla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1755, Giovanni Battista Viotti ranks 12. Before him are Alexander Hamilton, Samuel Hahnemann, Jan Henryk Dąbrowski, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, Georges Couthon, and James Parkinson. After him are Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Anthony of Saxony, Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden, François Joseph Lefebvre, Natalia Alexeievna, and Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow. Among people deceased in 1824, Giovanni Battista Viotti ranks 10. Before him are Théodore Géricault, Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia, Anne Catherine Emmerich, Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Agustín de Iturbide, and James Parkinson. After him are Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès, Rama II of Siam, Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, Maine de Biran, Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca, and Maria Theresia von Paradis.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Battista Viotti ranks 995 out of 5,161. Before him are Fulvia (-77), Juliana of Nicomedia (285), Franco Columbu (1941), Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1610), Saint Cajetan (1480), and Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora (1804). After him are Jacopo della Quercia (1374), Adelaide of Austria (1822), Alessandro Marcello (1673), Daniele da Volterra (1509), Gianluca Vialli (1964), and Flavio Briatore (1950).

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Among MUSICIANS In Italy

Among musicians born in Italy, Giovanni Battista Viotti ranks 6. Before him are Niccolò Paganini (1782), Arcangelo Corelli (1653), Giorgio Moroder (1940), Cosima Wagner (1837), and Ludovico Einaudi (1955). After him are Lucio Dalla (1943), Giovanni Battista Martini (1706), Paolo Conte (1937), Gianna Nannini (1954), Romano Mussolini (1927), and Luigi Tenco (1938).

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