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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 136,122 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Giovanni Battista Viotti is the 201st most popular musician (down from 190th in 2019), the 1,120th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,086th in 2019) and the 9th 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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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Giovanni Battista Viotti ranks 201 out of 2,662Before him are Alfred Brendel, Nikolai Rubinstein, Gidon Kremer, Jaco Pastorius, Violeta Parra, and Rory Gallagher. After him are Maria João Pires, Georges Prêtre, Joe Satriani, Nelson Freire, Pete Seeger, and Jean-Marie Leclair.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1755, Giovanni Battista Viotti ranks 15Before him are Jan Henryk Dąbrowski, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, François Joseph Lefebvre, Georges Couthon, Anthony of Saxony, and Gerhard von Scharnhorst. After him are Natalia Alexeievna, Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden, Peter I, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow, and Quatremère de Quincy. Among people deceased in 1824, Giovanni Battista Viotti ranks 10Before him are Eugène de Beauharnais, Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany, James Parkinson, Anne Catherine Emmerich, Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia, and Agustín de Iturbide. After him are Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca, Maine de Biran, Maria Theresia von Paradis, Rama II of Siam, and Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Battista Viotti ranks 1,120 out of 4,668Before him are Mary of Modena (1658), Hiero I of Syracuse (-600), Bettino Craxi (1934), William III of Sicily (1185), Federico Barocci (1535), and Princess Mafalda of Savoy (1902). After him are Tarpeia (-800), Carlo Ginzburg (1939), Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy (1636), Dino Risi (1916), Milonia Caesonia (7), and Giampiero Boniperti (1928).

Among MUSICIANS In Italy

Among musicians born in Italy, Giovanni Battista Viotti ranks 9Before him are Giorgio Moroder (1940), Cosima Wagner (1837), Ludovico Einaudi (1955), Giovanni Battista Martini (1706), Paolo Conte (1937), and Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (1920). After him are Lucio Dalla (1943), Romano Mussolini (1927), Mauro Giuliani (1781), Gianna Nannini (1954), Luigi Tenco (1938), and Matteo Carcassi (1792).