COMPOSER

Girolamo Frescobaldi

1583 - 1643

Girolamo Frescobaldi

Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi (Italian: [dʒiˈrɔːlamo freskoˈbaldi]; also Gerolamo, Girolimo, and Geronimo Alissandro; September 1583 – 1 March 1643) was a musician from the Duchy of Ferrara, in what is now northern Italy. 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 184,650 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Girolamo Frescobaldi is the 128th most popular composer (down from 122nd in 2019), the 555th most popular biography from Italy (down from 528th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Italian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Girolamo Frescobaldi ranks 128 out of 1,228. Before him are Francisco Tárrega, Pérotin, Zoltán Kodály, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Anton Rubinstein, and Pierre Boulez. After him are Carl Nielsen, Max Bruch, Gregorio Allegri, Daniel Auber, Maurice Jarre, and Paul Dukas.

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Francisco Tárrega
1852 - 1909
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 122
Pérotin
1160 - 1230
HPI: 75.16
Rank: 123
Zoltán Kodály
1882 - 1967
HPI: 75.11
Rank: 124
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
1778 - 1837
HPI: 75.01
Rank: 125
Anton Rubinstein
1829 - 1894
HPI: 74.96
Rank: 126
Pierre Boulez
1925 - 2016
HPI: 74.85
Rank: 127
Girolamo Frescobaldi
1583 - 1643
HPI: 74.84
Rank: 128
Carl Nielsen
1865 - 1931
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 129
Max Bruch
1838 - 1920
HPI: 74.78
Rank: 130
Gregorio Allegri
1582 - 1652
HPI: 74.67
Rank: 131
Daniel Auber
1782 - 1871
HPI: 74.63
Rank: 132
Maurice Jarre
1924 - 2009
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 133
Paul Dukas
1865 - 1935
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 134

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1583, Girolamo Frescobaldi ranks 3. Before him are Hugo Grotius and Albrecht von Wallenstein. After him are Sasaki Kojirō, Axel Oxenstierna, Jacob De la Gardie, Pieter Lastman, Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba, Christian II, Elector of Saxony, Orlando Gibbons, Hayashi Razan, and Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury. Among people deceased in 1643, Girolamo Frescobaldi ranks 4. Before him are Louis XIII of France, Claudio Monteverdi, and Hong Taiji. After him are Paul Guldin, Sophia Brahe, Hendrik Brouwer, Giovanni Baglione, Herman Wrangel, Jean du Vergier de Hauranne, Benedetto Castelli, and Frang Bardhi.

Others Born in 1583

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Hugo Grotius
1583 - 1645
HPI: 82.92
Rank: 1
Albrecht von Wallenstein
1583 - 1634
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 2
Girolamo Frescobaldi
1583 - 1643
HPI: 74.84
Rank: 3
Sasaki Kojirō
1583 - 1612
HPI: 74.07
Rank: 4
Axel Oxenstierna
1583 - 1654
HPI: 73.90
Rank: 5
Jacob De la Gardie
1583 - 1652
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 6
Pieter Lastman
1583 - 1633
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 7
Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba
1583 - 1663
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 8
Christian II, Elector of Saxony
1583 - 1611
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 9
Orlando Gibbons
1583 - 1625
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 10
Hayashi Razan
1583 - 1657
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 11
Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury
1583 - 1648
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 12