COMPOSER

Giovanni Paisiello

1740 - 1816

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Giovanni Paisiello (or Paesiello; 9 May 1740 – 5 June 1816) was an Italian composer of the Classical era, and was the most popular opera composer of the late 1700s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giovanni Paisiello has received more than 221,940 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Paisiello is the 162nd most popular composer (down from 157th in 2019), the 774th most popular biography from Italy (down from 750th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Italian Composer.

Giovanni Paisiello is most famous for composing the opera "The Barber of Seville."

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  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Giovanni Paisiello ranks 162 out of 1,451. Before him are Vincenzo Galilei, Michael Haydn, Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, Ferruccio Busoni, Komitas, and Siegfried Wagner. After him are Max Reger, Bohuslav Martinů, Vittorio Monti, Reinhold Glière, Léonin, and Pietro Locatelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1740, Giovanni Paisiello ranks 3. Before him are Marquis de Sade, and Ivan VI of Russia. After him are Empress Go-Sakuramachi, Isabelle de Charrière, Horace Bénédict de Saussure, Jeanne Baret, Johann van Beethoven, Johann Jacob Schweppe, Carl Michael Bellman, Giambattista Bodoni, and Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay. Among people deceased in 1816, Giovanni Paisiello ranks 3. Before him are Maria I of Portugal, and Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este. After him are Francisco de Miranda, Frederick I of Württemberg, Pierre Augereau, Adam Ferguson, Roger Ducos, Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Gavrila Derzhavin, Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow, and Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Paisiello ranks 774 out of 5,161. Before him are Tarcisius (263), Ferruccio Busoni (1866), Charles Martel of Anjou (1271), Lucius Cornelius Cinna (-135), Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli (1397), and Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778). After him are Amalasuntha (495), Italo Balbo (1896), Agostino Carracci (1557), Vannozza dei Cattanei (1442), Mina (1940), and Maria Luisa of Spain (1745).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Giovanni Paisiello ranks 32. Before him are Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583), Domenico Cimarosa (1749), Giovanni Gabrieli (1557), Ottorino Respighi (1879), Vincenzo Galilei (1520), and Ferruccio Busoni (1866). After him are Vittorio Monti (1868), Pietro Locatelli (1695), Baldassare Galuppi (1706), Amilcare Ponchielli (1834), Francesca Caccini (1587), and Luciano Berio (1925).

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