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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 106,537 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacobus Gallus is the 321st most popular composer (up from 403rd in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Slovenia (up from 22nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Slovene Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Jacobus Gallus ranks 321 out of 1,216. Before him are Eugen d'Albert, John Dunstaple, Cécile Chaminade, Sigismond Thalberg, Angelo Badalamenti, and Franco Alfano. After him are Franz Benda, Louis-Claude Daquin, Sergei Taneyev, Vincent d'Indy, François-Adrien Boieldieu, and Antonio Lotti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1550, Jacobus Gallus ranks 13. Before him are Camillus de Lellis, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Jang-geum, John Davis, Karin Månsdotter, and Stanislaus Kostka. After him are Do-Aklin, Giorgio Basta, Emilio de' Cavalieri, Damat Ibrahim Pasha, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, and Orazio Vecchi. Among people deceased in 1591, Jacobus Gallus ranks 9. Before him are John of the Cross, Aloysius Gonzaga, Vincenzo Galilei, Dmitry of Uglich, Sen no Rikyū, and Veronica Franco. After him are Christian I, Elector of Saxony, Luis de León, Jost Amman, Vespasiano I Gonzaga, Anna of Hesse, and Anna Sophia of Prussia.

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In Slovenia

Among people born in Slovenia, Jacobus Gallus ranks 21 out of 295. Before him are Franz Miklosich (1813), Ivan Cankar (1876), Melania Trump (1970), Wilhelm von Tegetthoff (1827), Jernej Kopitar (1780), and Janez Drnovšek (1950). After him are Primož Trubar (1508), Aleksander Čeferin (1967), Thomas Luckmann (1927), Hermann II, Count of Celje (1361), Danilo Türk (1952), and Anton Korošec (1872).

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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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