COMPOSER

Giovanni Legrenzi

1626 - 1690

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Giovanni Legrenzi (baptized August 12, 1626 – May 27, 1690) was an Italian composer of opera, vocal and instrumental music, and organist, of the Baroque era. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giovanni Legrenzi has received more than 86,801 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Legrenzi is the 413th most popular composer (down from 388th in 2019), the 1,669th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,554th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular Italian Composer.

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  • 58.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Giovanni Legrenzi ranks 413 out of 1,451. Before him are Franz Schreker, Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, Richard Rodgers, Luigi Dallapiccola, Stefano Landi, and Ernest Bloch. After him are Franz Schmidt, Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, Alexander Agricola, Georg Muffat, Johan Svendsen, and André Jolivet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1626, Giovanni Legrenzi ranks 9. Before him are Jan Steen, Richard Cromwell, William II, Prince of Orange, Francesco Redi, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, and Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur. After him are Louis Couperin, Bada Shanren, John Aubrey, Andrea Guarneri, Jan van Kessel the Elder, and Pietro Mengoli. Among people deceased in 1690, Giovanni Legrenzi ranks 8. Before him are Margaret Mary Alacoque, Charles V, Duke of Lorraine, Philip William, Elector Palatine, Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria, David Teniers the Younger, and Abraham Brueghel. After him are Michael I Apafi, Adam Frans van der Meulen, Juan de Valdés Leal, Yun Shouping, Isabel Luísa, Princess of Beira, and Abraham van Beijeren.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Legrenzi ranks 1,669 out of 5,161. Before him are Antipope Constantine II (710), Giovanni Battista Moroni (1525), Stefano Landi (1587), Maria, Queen of Sicily (1363), Valentina Cortese (1923), and Cesare Prandelli (1957). After him are Francesco Francia (1450), Gnaeus Pompeius (-80), Agostino Barbarigo (1420), Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901), Gianluca Zambrotta (1977), and Eleanor of Sicily (1325).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Giovanni Legrenzi ranks 83. Before him are Francesco Gasparini (1668), Bernardo Pasquini (1637), Vittoria Aleotti (1575), Riz Ortolani (1926), Adriano Banchieri (1568), and Stefano Landi (1587). After him are Giuseppe Sammartini (1695), Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876), Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco (1675), Bruno Maderna (1920), Paolo Tosti (1846), and Emilio de' Cavalieri (1550).

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