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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 26,001 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Girolamo Diruta is the 936th most popular composer, the 2,856th most popular biography from Italy and the 152nd most popular Italian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Girolamo Diruta ranks 936 out of 1,216Before him are Ignaz Holzbauer, Richard Addinsell, Alessandro Striggio, Johann Joseph Abert, André Gedalge, and Nannette Streicher. After him are Sándor Végh, Egberto Gismonti, Kenji Kawai, Sándor Veress, Ester Mägi, and Ary Barroso.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1554, Girolamo Diruta ranks 13Before him are Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of Russia, Philip Sidney, Bálint Balassi, Ernest of Bavaria, Bartolomeo Carducci, and Louis III, Duke of Württemberg. After him are Richard Hooker and John Lyly. Among people deceased in 1610, Girolamo Diruta ranks 15Before him are Catherine Vasa of Sweden, Frederick IV, Elector Palatine, Anna of Sweden, Hasegawa Tōhaku, Duchess Sophie of Prussia, and Anthony Jenkinson.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Girolamo Diruta ranks 2,856 out of 4,668Before him are Armando Castellazzi (1904), Giancarlo Minardi (1947), Benedetto Cairoli (1825), Alessandro Striggio (1540), Davide Ghirlandaio (1452), and Anna Morandi Manzolini (1714). After him are Nicolò Tron (1399), Giovanni della Casa (1503), Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850), Carlo Rovelli (1956), Stefano Domenicali (1965), and Marco Cé (1925).

Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Girolamo Diruta ranks 152Before him are Franco Donatoni (1927), Francesco Araja (1709), Gian Carlo Menotti (1911), Attilio Ariosti (1666), Valentino Fioravanti (1764), and Alessandro Striggio (1540). After him are Carlo Rustichelli (1916), Nicola Vicentino (1511), Pietro Filippo Scarlatti (1679), Lorenzo Perosi (1872), Nicola Piovani (1946), and Alessandro Grandi (1586).