1583 - 1643
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 286,091 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Girolamo Frescobaldi is the 119th most popular composer (up from 128th in 2019), the 559th most popular biography from Italy (down from 555th in 2019) and the 25th 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, Girolamo Frescobaldi ranks 119 out of 1,216. Before him are Giacomo Meyerbeer, Manuel de Falla, Max Bruch, Zoltán Kodály, Arthur Honegger, and Josef Strauss. After him are Giovanni Gabrieli, Anton Rubinstein, György Ligeti, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Domenico Cimarosa, and Pérotin.
1791 - 1864
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 113
1876 - 1946
HPI: 67.87
Rank: 114
1838 - 1920
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 115
1882 - 1967
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 116
1892 - 1955
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 117
1827 - 1870
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 118
1583 - 1643
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 119
1557 - 1612
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 120
1829 - 1894
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 121
1923 - 2006
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 122
1778 - 1837
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 123
1749 - 1801
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 124
1160 - 1230
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 125
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, Jacob De la Gardie, Pieter Lastman, Christian II, Elector of Saxony, Orlando Gibbons, Jan Porcellis, and Hayashi Razan. 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, Giovanni Baglione, François Duquesnoy, Hendrik Brouwer, Herman Wrangel, Tawaraya Sōtatsu, and Jean du Vergier de Hauranne.
1583 - 1645
HPI: 77.44
Rank: 1
1583 - 1634
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 2
1583 - 1612
HPI: 71.66
Rank: 3
1583 - 1643
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 4
1583 - 1654
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 5
1583 - 1663
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 6
1583 - 1652
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 7
1583 - 1633
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 8
1583 - 1611
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 9
1583 - 1625
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 10
1583 - 1632
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 11
1583 - 1657
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 12
1601 - 1643
HPI: 80.78
Rank: 1
1567 - 1643
HPI: 79.43
Rank: 2
1592 - 1643
HPI: 71.59
Rank: 3
1583 - 1643
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 4
1556 - 1643
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 5
1577 - 1643
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 6
1566 - 1643
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 7
1597 - 1643
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 8
1581 - 1643
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 9
1584 - 1643
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 10
1570 - 1643
HPI: 51.60
Rank: 11
1581 - 1643
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 12
Among people born in Italy, Girolamo Frescobaldi ranks 559 out of 4,668. Before him are Charles III of Naples (1345), Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily (1772), Giuseppe Peano (1858), Salvatore Adamo (1943), Pope Leo VII (900), and Charles Ponzi (1882). After him are Louis II of Italy (825), Antonello da Messina (1430), Benedetto Croce (1866), Giovanni Gabrieli (1557), Julia the Elder (-39), and Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily (1782).
1345 - 1386
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 553
1772 - 1807
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 554
1858 - 1932
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 555
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 556
900 - 939
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 557
1882 - 1949
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 558
1583 - 1643
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 559
825 - 875
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 560
1430 - 1479
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 561
1866 - 1952
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 562
1557 - 1612
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 563
39 BC - 14
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 564
1782 - 1866
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 565
Among composers born in Italy, Girolamo Frescobaldi ranks 25. Before him are Luigi Cherubini (1760), Carlo Gesualdo (1566), Jacopo Peri (1561), Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857), Muzio Clementi (1752), and Giulio Caccini (1551). After him are Giovanni Gabrieli (1557), Domenico Cimarosa (1749), Gregorio Allegri (1582), Ottorino Respighi (1879), Vincenzo Galilei (1520), and Giovanni Paisiello (1740).
1760 - 1842
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 19
1566 - 1613
HPI: 69.51
Rank: 20
1561 - 1633
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 21
1857 - 1919
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 22
1752 - 1832
HPI: 68.67
Rank: 23
1551 - 1618
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 24
1583 - 1643
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 25
1557 - 1612
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 26
1749 - 1801
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 27
1582 - 1652
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 28
1879 - 1936
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 29
1520 - 1591
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 30
1740 - 1816
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 31