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José María Ventura Casas

1817 - 1875

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Josep Maria Ventura i Casas (Alcalá la Real (Jaén), 1817 – Figueres (Catalonia), 1875), popularly known as Pep Ventura, was a Spanish musician and composer from Catalonia who consolidated the long sardana and reformed the cobla, adding instruments to give it its current formation. He is considered the father of the modern Sardana by the profound transformation that he printed to these compositions, based on giving it greater musical extension, in the inclusion of new instruments, especially the tenora (instrument creation of Andreu Turon) from 1849 and its arrangement in the cobla, which will imitate another musical formations of this type. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José María Ventura Casas has received more than 7,020 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. José María Ventura Casas is the 1,155th most popular musician (down from 1,020th in 2019), the 1,252nd most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,110th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Spanish Musician.

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  • 7.0k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, José María Ventura Casas ranks 1,155 out of 2,662. Before him are Martin Birch, Dexter Holland, Wolf Hoffmann, Dave Holland, Rick Springfield, and Roger Norrington. After him are Neil Murray, Pino Daniele, Francis Goya, Bob Ezrin, Lūcija Garūta, and Viktoria Mullova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, José María Ventura Casas ranks 63. Before him are Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten, Marie-Eugénie de Jésus, Charles Dancla, Alexandros Koumoundouros, Jung Bahadur Rana, and Richard S. Ewell. After him are Konstantin Aksakov, Florian Ceynowa, Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Serafino Dubois, Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio, and José Mármol. Among people deceased in 1875, José María Ventura Casas ranks 60. Before him are Richard Christopher Carrington, Carl Jakob Sundevall, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, George Pickett, Atanasio Aguirre, and Mikhail Pogodin. After him are Zecharias Frankel, Fyodor Bruni, John Gardner Wilkinson, Heinrich Ewald, Henry Kellett, and William Sterndale Bennett.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, José María Ventura Casas ranks 1,252 out of 2,932. Before him are Corín Tellado (1927), Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa (1750), Álex Pina (1967), Conchita Bautista (1936), Goyo Benito (1946), and Juanfran (1985). After him are Jesús Moncada (1941), José Ramón Alexanko (1956), Enrique Mateos (1934), Lucas Vázquez (1991), Beatriz Galindo (1465), and Paco Peña (1942).

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Among MUSICIANS In Spain

Among musicians born in Spain, José María Ventura Casas ranks 15. Before him are Joan Manuel Serrat (1943), Alicia de Larrocha (1923), Ricardo Viñes (1875), Paco Ibáñez (1934), Sabicas (1912), and Tete Montoliu (1933). After him are Paco Peña (1942), Enrique Fernández Arbós (1863), Pepe Romero (1944), José Antonio Labordeta (1935), Tomatito (1958), and Pau Donés (1966).

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