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Giuseppe Torelli

1658 - 1709

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Giuseppe Torelli (22 April 1658 Verona – 8 February 1709) was an Italian violist, violinist, teacher, and composer of the middle Baroque era. Torelli is most remembered for contributing to the development of the instrumental concerto., especially concerti grossi and the solo concerto, for strings and continuo, as well as being the most prolific Baroque composer for trumpets. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giuseppe Torelli has received more than 136,100 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Giuseppe Torelli is the 180th most popular composer (up from 190th in 2019), the 854th most popular biography from Italy (up from 878th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Italian Composer.

Giuseppe Torelli was a famous Italian painter in the 18th century. He is most famous for his paintings of the Madonna and Child.

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  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.72

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  • 2.13

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Giuseppe Torelli ranks 180 out of 1,216. Before him are Amilcare Ponchielli, Maurizio Pollini, Jan Dismas Zelenka, Hugo Wolf, Baldassare Galuppi, and Johann Stamitz. After him are Pauline Viardot, Michael Haydn, John Field, Bohuslav Martinů, Komitas, and Howard Shore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1658, Giuseppe Torelli ranks 1. After him are Mary of Modena, Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine, Luigi Ferdinando Marsili, John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Ogata Kōrin, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, Nicolas Coustou, Louis VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani, and Elisabeth Eleonore of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Among people deceased in 1709, Giuseppe Torelli ranks 3. Before him are Ivan Mazepa and Andrea Pozzo. After him are Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, Meindert Hobbema, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, François Louis, Prince of Conti, Henri Jules, Prince of Condé, Giovanni Battista Gaulli, Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano, Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, and François de la Chaise.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giuseppe Torelli ranks 854 out of 4,668. Before him are Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies (1806), Franco Modigliani (1918), Baldassare Galuppi (1706), Andrea Pisano (1290), Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1810), and Domenichino (1581). After him are Orazio Gentileschi (1563), Florianus (232), Titus Tatius (-800), Atia (-85), Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquess of Balbases (1569), and Maximilian Sforza (1493).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Giuseppe Torelli ranks 38. Before him are Vittorio Monti (1868), Francesco Cavalli (1602), Ferruccio Busoni (1866), Amilcare Ponchielli (1834), Maurizio Pollini (1942), and Baldassare Galuppi (1706). After him are Luciano Berio (1925), Francesco Landini (1325), Umberto Giordano (1867), Francesca Caccini (1587), Andrea Gabrieli (1533), and Alessandro Marcello (1673).

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