1554 - 1610
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, Girolamo Diruta ranks 936 out of 1,216. Before 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.
1711 - 1783
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 930
1904 - 1977
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 931
1540 - 1592
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 932
1832 - 1915
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 933
1856 - 1926
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 934
1769 - 1833
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 935
1554 - 1610
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 936
1912 - 1997
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 937
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 938
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 939
1907 - 1992
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 940
1922 - 2021
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 941
1903 - 1964
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 942
Among people born in 1554, Girolamo Diruta ranks 13. Before 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 15. Before him are Catherine Vasa of Sweden, Frederick IV, Elector Palatine, Anna of Sweden, Hasegawa Tōhaku, Duchess Sophie of Prussia, and Anthony Jenkinson.
1554 - 1581
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 7
1554 - 1586
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 8
1554 - 1594
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 9
1554 - 1612
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 10
1554 - 1608
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 11
1554 - 1593
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 12
1554 - 1610
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 13
1554 - 1600
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 14
1554 - 1606
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 15
1539 - 1610
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 9
1574 - 1610
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 10
1545 - 1610
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 11
1539 - 1610
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 12
1582 - 1610
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 13
1529 - 1610
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 14
1554 - 1610
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 15
Among people born in Italy, Girolamo Diruta ranks 2,856 out of 4,668. Before 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).
1904 - 1968
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 2,850
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 2,851
1825 - 1889
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 2,852
1540 - 1592
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 2,853
1452 - 1525
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 2,854
1714 - 1774
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 2,855
1554 - 1610
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 2,856
1399 - 1473
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 2,857
1503 - 1556
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 2,858
1850 - 1917
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 2,859
1956 - Present
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 2,860
1965 - Present
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 2,861
1925 - 2014
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 2,862
Among composers born in Italy, Girolamo Diruta ranks 152. Before 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).
1927 - 2000
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 146
1709 - 1770
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 147
1911 - 2007
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 148
1666 - 1729
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 149
1764 - 1837
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 150
1540 - 1592
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 151
1554 - 1610
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 152
1916 - 2004
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 153
1511 - 1576
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 154
1679 - 1750
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 155
1872 - 1956
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 156
1946 - Present
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 157
1586 - 1630
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 158