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Luca Marenzio

1553 - 1599

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Luca Marenzio (also Marentio; October 18, 1553 or 1554 – August 22, 1599) was an Italian composer and singer of the late Renaissance. He was one of the most renowned composers of madrigals, and wrote some of the most famous examples of the form in its late stage of development, prior to its early Baroque transformation by Monteverdi. In all, Marenzio wrote around 500 madrigals, ranging from the lightest to the most serious styles, packed with word-painting, chromaticism, and other characteristics of the late madrigal style. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luca Marenzio has received more than 116,687 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Luca Marenzio is the 363rd most popular composer (down from 330th in 2019), the 1,537th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,352nd in 2019) and the 71st most popular Italian Composer.

Luca Marenzio is most famous for his madrigals, which he wrote in a style that was more popular and accessible than the more complex polyphonic music of his contemporaries.

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  • 58.99

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Luca Marenzio ranks 363 out of 1,451. Before him are Jacobus Gallus, Samuel Scheidt, Ignaz Moscheles, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Willem Mengelberg, and Johann Heinrich Schmelzer. After him are Jan Ladislav Dussek, Wojciech Kilar, Alfredo Casella, Aaron Copland, Mykola Lysenko, and Domenico Zipoli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1553, Luca Marenzio ranks 7. Before him are Henry IV of France, Margaret of Valois, Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia, Archduke Ernest of Austria, Louise of Lorraine, and Patriarch Filaret of Moscow. After him are Marie of Cleves, Princess of Condé, Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, 1st Duke of Lerma, Prospero Alpini, Nicolò Contarini, John Florio, and Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg. Among people deceased in 1599, Luca Marenzio ranks 5. Before him are Beatrice Cenci, Gabrielle d'Estrées, Edmund Spenser, and Maeda Toshiie. After him are Andrew Báthory, Cornelis de Houtman, Chōsokabe Motochika, Eknath, Archduchess Catherine Renata of Austria, Francisco Guerrero, and Simone Peterzano.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Luca Marenzio ranks 1,537 out of 5,161. Before him are Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Sardinia (1773), Hippo (-500), Rothari (606), Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1726), Accursius (1182), and Simone Inzaghi (1976). After him are Aistulf (null), Mario Balotelli (1990), Vincenzo Peruggia (1881), Naevius Sutorius Macro (-21), James III of Majorca (1315), and Carlo Maratta (1625).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Luca Marenzio ranks 71. Before him are Francesco Cilea (1866), Giovanni Bononcini (1670), Saverio Mercadante (1795), Ferdinando Carulli (1770), Giovanni Bottesini (1821), and Pietro Della Valle (1586). After him are Alfredo Casella (1883), Domenico Zipoli (1688), Alfredo Catalani (1854), Giovanni Battista Bassani (1650), Claudio Merulo (1533), and Francesco Gasparini (1668).

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