COMPOSER

Isabella Leonarda

1620 - 1704

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Isabella Leonarda (6 September 1620 – 25 February 1704) was an Italian composer from Novara. At the age of 16, she entered the Collegio di Sant'Orsola, an Ursuline convent, where she stayed for the remainder of her life. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Isabella Leonarda has received more than 115,416 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Isabella Leonarda is the 600th most popular composer (up from 854th in 2019), the 2,191st most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,691st in 2019) and the 106th most popular Italian Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Isabella Leonarda ranks 600 out of 1,451. Before her are Franz Xaver Richter, Basil Poledouris, Alexander Arutiunian, Reinhard Keiser, Luis de Milán, and Peter Sculthorpe. After her are Giacinto Scelsi, Ernst Krenek, Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Tikhon Khrennikov, Korla Awgust Kocor, and Francesco Feo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1620, Isabella Leonarda ranks 15. Before her are Miklós Zrínyi, Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars, John Graunt, François Bernier, Nicholas Mercator, and Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck. After her are Masaniello, Abraham van Beijeren, Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Marguerite Bourgeoys, William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker, and John Evelyn. Among people deceased in 1704, Isabella Leonarda ranks 10. Before her are Guillaume de l'Hôpital, Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark, Georg Muffat, and Jean-Baptiste Denys. After her are Selim I Giray, Charles Plumier, Francesco Provenzale, John Charles, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen, Agnes Block, and Menno van Coehoorn.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Isabella Leonarda ranks 2,191 out of 5,161. Before her are Mariano Rumor (1915), Gigi D'Agostino (1967), Sextus Aelius Paetus Catus (-300), Adriano Panatta (1950), Marco d'Aviano (1631), and Gian Piero Gasperini (1958). After her are Oliviero Carafa (1430), Cigoli (1559), Felice Romani (1788), Giacomo Quarenghi (1744), Roger of Salerno (1100), and Prospero Fontana (1512).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Isabella Leonarda ranks 106. Before her are Luigi Rossi (1597), Pietro Nardini (1722), Riccardo Drigo (1846), Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895), Ferdinando Paer (1771), and Tommaso Traetta (1727). After her are Giacinto Scelsi (1905), Luzzasco Luzzaschi (1545), Francesco Feo (1691), Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880), Francesco Canova da Milano (1497), and Tomaso Antonio Vitali (1663).

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