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Girolamo Frescobaldi

1583 - 1643

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Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi (Italian: [dʒiˈrɔːlamo freskoˈbaldi]; also Gerolamo, Girolimo, and Geronimo Alissandro; September 1583 – 1 March 1643) was an Italian composer and virtuoso keyboard player. Born in the Duchy of Ferrara, he was one of the most important composers of keyboard music in the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods. A child prodigy, Frescobaldi studied under Luzzasco Luzzaschi in Ferrara, but was influenced by many composers, including Ascanio Mayone, Giovanni Maria Trabaci, and Claudio Merulo. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Girolamo Frescobaldi has received more than 303,170 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia. Girolamo Frescobaldi is the 125th most popular composer (down from 119th in 2019), the 606th most popular biography from Italy (down from 558th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Italian Composer.

Girolamo Frescobaldi was a composer of the late Renaissance. He was most famous for his keyboard compositions, which were influential in the development of the keyboard sonata.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Girolamo Frescobaldi ranks 125 out of 1,451. Before him are Heitor Villa-Lobos, Muzio Clementi, Krzysztof Penderecki, Josef Strauss, Emmerich Kálmán, and Max Bruch. After him are Mikhail Glinka, Daniel Auber, Benjamin Britten, Carl Nielsen, Maurice Jarre, and Domenico Cimarosa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1583, Girolamo Frescobaldi ranks 4. Before him are Hugo Grotius, Albrecht von Wallenstein, and Sasaki Kojirō. After him are Axel Oxenstierna, Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba, Pieter Lastman, Jacob De la Gardie, Christian II, Elector of Saxony, Hayashi Razan, Orlando Gibbons, and Jan Porcellis. Among people deceased in 1643, Girolamo Frescobaldi ranks 4. Before him are Louis XIII of France, Claudio Monteverdi, and Hong Taiji. After him are Sophia Brahe, Paul Guldin, François Duquesnoy, Hendrik Brouwer, Giovanni Baglione, Benedetto Castelli, Jean du Vergier de Hauranne, and Herman Wrangel.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Girolamo Frescobaldi ranks 606 out of 5,161. Before him are Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1541), Laura Bassi (1711), Alexander of Battenberg (1857), Raffaella Carrà (1943), Pope Miltiades (250), and Maurizio Gucci (1948). After him are Pope Agapetus I (490), Pope Stephen VI (850), Marsilius of Padua (1275), Cosima Wagner (1837), Constans (320), and Pinturicchio (1454).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Girolamo Frescobaldi ranks 26. Before him are Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857), Jacopo Peri (1561), Carlo Gesualdo (1566), Giulio Caccini (1551), Gregorio Allegri (1582), and Muzio Clementi (1752). After him are Domenico Cimarosa (1749), Giovanni Gabrieli (1557), Ottorino Respighi (1879), Vincenzo Galilei (1520), Ferruccio Busoni (1866), and Giovanni Paisiello (1740).

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