MUSICIAN

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 7,382 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. José María Ventura Casas is the 1,224th most popular musician (down from 1,152nd in 2019), the 1,381st most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,249th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Spanish Musician.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, José María Ventura Casas ranks 1,224 out of 3,175. Before him are Bob Ezrin, Scott Columbus, Tommy Emmanuel, Lamberto Gardelli, Yvonne Loriod, and Carlo Alfredo Piatti. After him are Steve Stevens, Pepe Romero, Trịnh Công Sơn, Norah Jones, Mark Isham, and Mick Jones.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, José María Ventura Casas ranks 66. Before him are Francisco del Rosario Sánchez, Jung Bahadur Rana, Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten, Charles Dancla, Richard Dadd, and Ernest Hébert. After him are Florian Ceynowa, Alexandros Koumoundouros, Heinrich von Sybel, Alfred Francis Russell, Karbalayi Safikhan Karabakhi, and Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs. Among people deceased in 1875, José María Ventura Casas ranks 63. Before him are Leopold III, Prince of Lippe, Giovanni Luppis, Francisco Coll Guitart, Wilhelm Bauer, George Pickett, and Isidore Pils. After him are Fyodor Bruni, Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, Joseph Othmar Rauscher, Virginie Ancelot, and Heinrich Ewald.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, José María Ventura Casas ranks 1,381 out of 3,355. Before him are José de Amézola y Aspizúa (1874), Margarita Xirgu (1888), Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot (1952), Assumpta Serna (1957), Amparo Muñoz (1954), and Juanfran (1985). After him are Pepe Romero (1944), Guillermo Eizaguirre (1909), Juan Acuña (1923), Arcadio Larraona Saralegui (1887), Amparo Rivelles (1925), and Jesús Moncada (1941).

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Among MUSICIANS In Spain

Among musicians born in Spain, José María Ventura Casas ranks 18. Before him are Enrique Fernández Arbós (1863), Nicanor Zabaleta (1907), Paco Ibáñez (1934), Manny Charlton (1941), Sabicas (1912), and Tete Montoliu (1933). After him are Pepe Romero (1944), Paco Peña (1942), Tomatito (1958), José Antonio Labordeta (1935), Pau Donés (1966), and Hevia (1967).

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