1583 - 1643
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, 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.
1852 - 1909
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 122
1160 - 1230
HPI: 75.16
Rank: 123
1882 - 1967
HPI: 75.11
Rank: 124
1778 - 1837
HPI: 75.01
Rank: 125
1829 - 1894
HPI: 74.96
Rank: 126
1925 - 2016
HPI: 74.85
Rank: 127
1583 - 1643
HPI: 74.84
Rank: 128
1865 - 1931
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 129
1838 - 1920
HPI: 74.78
Rank: 130
1582 - 1652
HPI: 74.67
Rank: 131
1782 - 1871
HPI: 74.63
Rank: 132
1924 - 2009
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 133
1865 - 1935
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 134
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.
1583 - 1645
HPI: 82.92
Rank: 1
1583 - 1634
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 2
1583 - 1643
HPI: 74.84
Rank: 3
1583 - 1612
HPI: 74.07
Rank: 4
1583 - 1654
HPI: 73.90
Rank: 5
1583 - 1652
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 6
1583 - 1633
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 7
1583 - 1663
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 8
1583 - 1611
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 9
1583 - 1625
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 10
1583 - 1657
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 11
1583 - 1648
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 12
1601 - 1643
HPI: 84.74
Rank: 1
1567 - 1643
HPI: 82.24
Rank: 2
1592 - 1643
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 3
1583 - 1643
HPI: 74.84
Rank: 4
1577 - 1643
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 5
1556 - 1643
HPI: 68.46
Rank: 6
1581 - 1643
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 7
1566 - 1643
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 8
1584 - 1643
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 9
1581 - 1643
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 10
1578 - 1643
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 11
1606 - 1643
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 12
Among people born in Italy, Girolamo Frescobaldi ranks 555 out of 4,088. Before him are Giovanni da Verrazzano (1485), Pope John XVII (950), Matilda of Tuscany (1046), Pope Adrian III (800), Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily (1772), and Giulio Romano (1499). After him are Hippasus (-600), Denis (210), Giuseppe Piazzi (1746), Luca Signorelli (1450), Pope Miltiades (250), and Conrad of Montferrat (1146).
1485 - 1528
HPI: 74.90
Rank: 549
950 - 1003
HPI: 74.90
Rank: 550
1046 - 1115
HPI: 74.89
Rank: 551
800 - 885
HPI: 74.89
Rank: 552
1772 - 1807
HPI: 74.87
Rank: 553
1499 - 1546
HPI: 74.84
Rank: 554
1583 - 1643
HPI: 74.84
Rank: 555
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 74.83
Rank: 556
210 - 250
HPI: 74.82
Rank: 557
1746 - 1826
HPI: 74.82
Rank: 558
1450 - 1523
HPI: 74.77
Rank: 559
250 - 314
HPI: 74.76
Rank: 560
1146 - 1192
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 561
Among composers born in Italy, Girolamo Frescobaldi ranks 27. Before him are Luigi Cherubini (1760), Carlo Gesualdo (1566), Giulio Caccini (1551), Muzio Clementi (1752), Giovanni Gabrieli (1557), and Domenico Cimarosa (1749). After him are Gregorio Allegri (1582), Ottorino Respighi (1879), Amilcare Ponchielli (1834), Giovanni Paisiello (1740), Vittorio Monti (1868), and Vincenzo Galilei (1520).
1760 - 1842
HPI: 76.55
Rank: 21
1566 - 1613
HPI: 76.53
Rank: 22
1551 - 1618
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 23
1752 - 1832
HPI: 75.60
Rank: 24
1557 - 1612
HPI: 75.46
Rank: 25
1749 - 1801
HPI: 75.40
Rank: 26
1583 - 1643
HPI: 74.84
Rank: 27
1582 - 1652
HPI: 74.67
Rank: 28
1879 - 1936
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 29
1834 - 1886
HPI: 73.62
Rank: 30
1740 - 1816
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 31
1868 - 1922
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 32
1520 - 1591
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 33