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Jacobus Gallus

1550 - 1591

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Jacobus Gallus (a.k.a. Jacob(us) Handl, Jacob(us) Händl; between 15 April and 31 July 1550 – 18 July 1591) was a late-Renaissance composer of presumed Slovene ethnicity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacobus Gallus has received more than 115,552 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacobus Gallus is the 357th most popular composer (down from 321st in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from Slovenia (down from 21st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Slovene Composer.

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  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Jacobus Gallus ranks 357 out of 1,451. Before him are Karl Richter, Vladimir Cosma, Josef Rheinberger, Hugo Riemann, Ichirou Mizuki, and Michel Richard Delalande. After him are Samuel Scheidt, Ignaz Moscheles, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Willem Mengelberg, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, and Luca Marenzio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1550, Jacobus Gallus ranks 15. Before him are John Davis, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Stanislaus Kostka, Karin Månsdotter, Giorgio Basta, and Do-Aklin. After him are Damat Ibrahim Pasha, Emilio de' Cavalieri, Michael Maestlin, False Dmitry III, John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, and Abu Abdallah Mohammed II Saadi. Among people deceased in 1591, Jacobus Gallus ranks 10. Before him are Aloysius Gonzaga, Vincenzo Galilei, Veronica Franco, Dmitry of Uglich, Sen no Rikyū, and Christian I, Elector of Saxony. After him are Jost Amman, Luis de León, Anna Sophia of Prussia, Anna of Hesse, Vespasiano I Gonzaga, and Emilie of Saxony.

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In Slovenia

Among people born in Slovenia, Jacobus Gallus ranks 26 out of 340. Before him are Hermann II, Count of Celje (1361), Carlos, Duke of Madrid (1848), Arkan (1952), Janez Janša (1958), Borut Pahor (1963), and Primož Trubar (1508). After him are Ulrich II, Count of Celje (1406), Branko Oblak (1947), Danilo Türk (1952), Margit Korondi (1932), Anton Ažbe (1862), and Alma Karlin (1889).

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Among COMPOSERS In Slovenia

Among composers born in Slovenia, Jacobus Gallus ranks 2. Before him are Hugo Wolf (1860). After him are Slavko Avsenik (1929).

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