COMPOSER

Giovanni Pacini

1796 - 1867

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Giovanni Pacini (11 February 1796 – 6 December 1867) was an Italian composer, best known for his operas. Pacini was born in Catania, Sicily, the son of the buffo Luigi Pacini, who was to appear in the premieres of many of Giovanni's operas. The family was of Tuscan origin, living in Catania when the composer was born. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giovanni Pacini has received more than 94,567 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Pacini is the 463rd most popular composer (down from 412th in 2019), the 1,814th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,631st in 2019) and the 90th most popular Italian Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 95k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Giovanni Pacini ranks 463 out of 1,451. Before him are Johann Gottfried Walther, Franck Pourcel, Georgy Sviridov, Hans Pfitzner, Mélanie Bonis, and Gaspar Sanz. After him are Antonio Maria Abbatini, Alexander Dargomyzhsky, Jean Absil, Vítězslav Novák, Antoine Busnois, and Théodore Dubois.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1796, Giovanni Pacini ranks 15. Before him are Jakob Steiner, Peter Fendi, Philipp Franz von Siebold, Carl Loewe, Ang Duong, and James Bowie. After him are Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais, Jean-Gaspard Deburau, Princess Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony, Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz, and Asher Brown Durand. Among people deceased in 1867, Giovanni Pacini ranks 22. Before him are Peter von Cornelius, Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, Archduchess Mathilda of Austria, Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel, Elias Howe, and Théophile-Jules Pelouze. After him are Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse, Takasugi Shinsaku, Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuán, Miguel Miramón, James Ferguson, and Mirko Petrović-Njegoš.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Pacini ranks 1,814 out of 5,161. Before him are Giovanni Battista Gaulli (1639), Margherita de' Medici (1612), Archestratus (-350), Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Parma (1934), Pippo Spano (1369), and Antonio Maria Valsalva (1666). After him are Antonio Maria Abbatini (1595), Giuseppe Sinopoli (1946), Roberto Boninsegna (1943), Carl Ritter von Ghega (1802), Gaius Vibius Pansa Caetronianus (-91), and Ottavio Piccolomini (1599).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Giovanni Pacini ranks 90. Before 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). After him are Antonio Maria Abbatini (1595), Remo Giazotto (1910), Antonio Sacchini (1730), Giuseppe Sarti (1729), Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882), and Agostino Steffani (1654).

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