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Joaquín Rodrigo

1901 - 1999

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Joaquín Rodrigo Vidre, 1st Marquess of the Gardens of Aranjuez (Spanish: [xoaˈkin roˈðɾiɣo]; 22 November 1901 – 6 July 1999), was a Spanish composer and a virtuoso pianist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joaquín Rodrigo has received more than 634,366 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Joaquín Rodrigo is the 102nd most popular composer (up from 113th in 2019), the 93rd most popular biography from Spain (up from 98th in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Composer.

Joaquín Rodrigo is most famous for his compositions, "Concierto de Aranjuez" and "Fantasia para un Gentilhombre."

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  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Joaquín Rodrigo ranks 102 out of 1,216. Before him are Arvo Pärt, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Paul Hindemith, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, and Guillaume Du Fay. After him are Benjamin Britten, Muzio Clementi, Mikhail Glinka, Francis Poulenc, Francisco Tárrega, and Mily Balakirev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Joaquín Rodrigo ranks 24. Before him are Alberto Giacometti, Paul of Greece, Vittorio De Sica, André Malraux, Princess Märtha of Sweden, and Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester. After him are Margaret Mead, Jean Dubuffet, Simon Kuznets, Max Euwe, Andrey Vlasov, and Milton H. Erickson. Among people deceased in 1999, Joaquín Rodrigo ranks 7. Before him are Stanley Kubrick, Scatman John, Franjo Tuđman, Hussein of Jordan, Hassan II of Morocco, and Mario Puzo. After him are Pete Conrad, Gertrude B. Elion, Amália Rodrigues, Yehudi Menuhin, Raisa Gorbacheva, and Wilt Chamberlain.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Joaquín Rodrigo ranks 93 out of 2,932. Before him are Blanche of Castile (1188), José Carreras (1946), Peter III of Aragon (1239), Juan Gris (1887), Francisco de Orellana (1511), and Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain (1549). After him are Dolores Ibárruri (1895), Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852), Roderic (688), Luis Aragonés (1938), Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal (1507), and Francisco Tárrega (1852).

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Among COMPOSERS In Spain

Among composers born in Spain, Joaquín Rodrigo ranks 1. After him are Francisco Tárrega (1852), Manuel de Falla (1876), Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548), Enrique Granados (1867), Nicola Porpora (1686), Jordi Savall (1941), Antonio Soler (1729), Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga (1806), Joaquín Turina (1882), Sebastián Iradier (1809), and Federico Mompou (1893).

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