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Girolamo Diruta

1554 - 1610

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Girolamo Diruta (c. 1546 – 1624 or 1625) was an Italian organist, music theorist, and composer. He was famous as a teacher, for his treatise Il Transilvano (Venice, 1st part 1593; 2nd part 1609-10) on counterpoint, and for his part in the development of keyboard technique, particularly on the organ. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Girolamo Diruta has received more than 28,320 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Girolamo Diruta is the 974th most popular composer (down from 935th in 2019), the 3,102nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,850th in 2019) and the 159th most popular Italian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Girolamo Diruta ranks 974 out of 1,451. Before him are Johann von Herbeck, Walter Piston, Nicolas Dalayrac, Harold Arlen, Édouard Deldevez, and Ludwig Thuille. After him are Nicola Piovani, Friedrich Silcher, Michael William Balfe, Ignaz Holzbauer, John Tavener, and Alessandro Rolla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1554, Girolamo Diruta ranks 15. Before him are Philip William, Prince of Orange, Ernest of Bavaria, Bálint Balassi, Philip Sidney, Louis III, Duke of Württemberg, and Bartolomeo Carducci. After him are Richard Hooker, and John Lyly. Among people deceased in 1610, Girolamo Diruta ranks 15. Before him are Catherine Vasa of Sweden, Anna of Sweden, Frederick IV, Elector Palatine, Hasegawa Tōhaku, Duchess Sophie of Prussia, and Anthony Jenkinson. After him is Francis Solanus.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Girolamo Diruta ranks 3,102 out of 5,161. Before him are Giuseppe Gioachino Belli (1791), Nicolò Longobardo (1565), Paolo Monti (1908), Francesco Maria de' Medici, Duke of Rovere and Montefeltro (1660), Luigi Capuana (1839), and Ludwig Thuille (1861). After him are Girolamo de Rada (1814), Nicolò Contarini (1553), Quintus Claudius Quadrigarius (-200), Nicola Piovani (1946), Ottavio Bianchi (1943), and Elia Millosevich (1848).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Girolamo Diruta ranks 159. Before him are Francesco Araja (1709), Felice Anerio (1560), Italo Montemezzi (1875), Nicola Vicentino (1511), Attilio Ariosti (1666), and Ludwig Thuille (1861). After him are Nicola Piovani (1946), Alessandro Rolla (1757), Franco Donatoni (1927), Renzo Rossellini (1908), Giovanni Maria Nanino (1544), and Franco Faccio (1840).

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