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Giulio Caccini

1551 - 1618

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Giulio Romolo Caccini (also Giulio Romano) (8 October 1551 – buried 10 December 1618) was an Italian composer, teacher, singer, instrumentalist and writer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. He was one of the founders of the genre of opera, and one of the most influential creators of the new Baroque style. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giulio Caccini has received more than 249,289 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Giulio Caccini is the 110th most popular composer (up from 112th in 2019), the 552nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 516th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Italian Composer.

Giulio Caccini is most famous for his opera, "Le Nuove Musiche." The opera was the first opera to be written in the Italian language.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Giulio Caccini ranks 110 out of 1,451. Before him are Adolphe Adam, Paul Hindemith, Heinrich Schütz, Manuel de Falla, Carlo Gesualdo, and Giacomo Meyerbeer. After him are Joaquín Rodrigo, Mily Balakirev, Arthur Honegger, Gregorio Allegri, Francisco Tárrega, and György Ligeti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1551, Giulio Caccini ranks 2. Before him is Henry III of France. After him are Maria Anna of Bavaria, Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, Fausto Veranzio, Ğazı II Giray, Giovanni I Cornaro, William Camden, Robert Peake the Elder, and John Speed. Among people deceased in 1618, Giulio Caccini ranks 1. After him are Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria, Walter Raleigh, Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia, Anna of Tyrol, Petrus Gonsalvus, Philip William, Prince of Orange, John, Duke of Östergötland, Marie of the Incarnation, Giovanni Bembo, Heo Gyun, and Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Ferrara.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giulio Caccini ranks 552 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Stephen VIII (900), Rodolfo Graziani (1882), Dionysius I of Syracuse (-430), Ernesto Teodoro Moneta (1833), Alphonsus Liguori (1696), and Anastasia of Sirmium (281). After him are Dominic Savio (1842), Aloysius Gonzaga (1568), Romano Prodi (1939), Paolo Rossi (1956), Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples (1937), and Maria Anna of Savoy (1803).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Giulio Caccini ranks 23. Before him are Luigi Cherubini (1760), Luigi Boccherini (1743), Pietro Mascagni (1863), Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857), Jacopo Peri (1561), and Carlo Gesualdo (1566). After him are Gregorio Allegri (1582), Muzio Clementi (1752), Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583), Domenico Cimarosa (1749), Giovanni Gabrieli (1557), and Ottorino Respighi (1879).

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