1743 - 1805
Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini (, also US: , Italian: [riˈdɔlfo luˈiːdʒi bokkeˈriːni] (listen); 19 February 1743 – 28 May 1805) was an Italian, later Spanish, composer and cellist of the Classical era whose music retained a courtly and galante style even while he matured somewhat apart from the major European musical centers. He is best known for a minuet from his String Quintet in E, Op. 11, No. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luigi Boccherini has received more than 434,316 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Luigi Boccherini is the 81st most popular composer (down from 77th in 2019), the 304th most popular biography from Italy (down from 301st in 2019) and the 17th most popular Italian Composer.
Luigi Boccherini is most famous for being a composer of the classical era. He was born in 1743 and died in 1805. He is most famous for composing string quartets, symphonies, and other instrumental pieces.
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Among composers, Luigi Boccherini ranks 81 out of 1,228. Before him are Josquin des Prez, Mikis Theodorakis, Alban Berg, Mikhail Glinka, Vangelis, and Gabriel Fauré. After him are Jules Massenet, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Franz Lehár, Carl Czerny, Leonard Bernstein, and Adolphe Adam.
1450 - 1521
HPI: 78.24
Rank: 75
1925 - Present
HPI: 78.19
Rank: 76
1885 - 1935
HPI: 78.16
Rank: 77
1804 - 1857
HPI: 78.06
Rank: 78
1943 - Present
HPI: 78.01
Rank: 79
1845 - 1924
HPI: 77.96
Rank: 80
1743 - 1805
HPI: 77.96
Rank: 81
1842 - 1912
HPI: 77.94
Rank: 82
1645 - 1704
HPI: 77.70
Rank: 83
1870 - 1948
HPI: 77.65
Rank: 84
1791 - 1857
HPI: 77.51
Rank: 85
1918 - 1990
HPI: 77.44
Rank: 86
1803 - 1856
HPI: 77.22
Rank: 87
Among people born in 1743, Luigi Boccherini ranks 5. Before him are Thomas Jefferson, Antoine Lavoisier, Jean-Paul Marat, and Madame du Barry. After him are Alessandro Cagliostro, Marquis de Condorcet, Toussaint Louverture, Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, Martin Heinrich Klaproth, Edmund Cartwright, and Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi. Among people deceased in 1805, Luigi Boccherini ranks 3. Before him are Friedrich Schiller and Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson. After him are Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, Isabelle de Charrière, Maria Theresa of Savoy, Claude Chappe, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt, Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron.
1743 - 1826
HPI: 92.69
Rank: 1
1743 - 1794
HPI: 86.09
Rank: 2
1743 - 1793
HPI: 82.00
Rank: 3
1743 - 1793
HPI: 78.83
Rank: 4
1743 - 1805
HPI: 77.96
Rank: 5
1743 - 1795
HPI: 77.12
Rank: 6
1743 - 1794
HPI: 77.09
Rank: 7
1743 - 1803
HPI: 73.83
Rank: 8
1743 - 1808
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 9
1743 - 1817
HPI: 73.22
Rank: 10
1743 - 1823
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 11
1743 - 1819
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 12
1759 - 1805
HPI: 85.35
Rank: 1
1758 - 1805
HPI: 80.74
Rank: 2
1743 - 1805
HPI: 77.96
Rank: 3
1725 - 1805
HPI: 72.23
Rank: 4
1753 - 1805
HPI: 70.88
Rank: 5
1740 - 1805
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 6
1756 - 1805
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 7
1763 - 1805
HPI: 69.90
Rank: 8
1738 - 1805
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 9
1751 - 1805
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 10
1759 - 1805
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 11
1731 - 1805
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 12
Among people born in Italy, Luigi Boccherini ranks 304 out of 4,088. Before him are Pope Celestine I (400), Duccio (1255), Charles Borromeo (1538), Pope Liberius (310), Pope Adeodatus I (570), and Gaius Gracchus (-154). After him are Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (1810), Sallust (-86), Gallienus (218), Saint Cecilia (200), Salvatore Riina (1930), and Lucius Tarquinius Priscus (-700).
400 - 432
HPI: 78.07
Rank: 298
1255 - 1319
HPI: 78.07
Rank: 299
1538 - 1584
HPI: 78.01
Rank: 300
310 - 366
HPI: 78.01
Rank: 301
570 - 618
HPI: 77.99
Rank: 302
154 BC - 121 BC
HPI: 77.99
Rank: 303
1743 - 1805
HPI: 77.96
Rank: 304
1810 - 1861
HPI: 77.94
Rank: 305
86 BC - 34 BC
HPI: 77.94
Rank: 306
218 - 268
HPI: 77.93
Rank: 307
200 - 230
HPI: 77.92
Rank: 308
1930 - 2017
HPI: 77.91
Rank: 309
700 BC - 579 BC
HPI: 77.91
Rank: 310
Among composers born in Italy, Luigi Boccherini ranks 17. Before him are Vincenzo Bellini (1801), Guido of Arezzo (991), Domenico Scarlatti (1685), Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710), Alessandro Scarlatti (1660), and Nino Rota (1911). After him are Jacopo Peri (1561), Pietro Mascagni (1863), Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857), Luigi Cherubini (1760), Carlo Gesualdo (1566), and Giulio Caccini (1551).
1801 - 1835
HPI: 80.53
Rank: 11
991 - 1050
HPI: 80.44
Rank: 12
1685 - 1757
HPI: 80.40
Rank: 13
1710 - 1736
HPI: 79.52
Rank: 14
1660 - 1725
HPI: 78.76
Rank: 15
1911 - 1979
HPI: 78.34
Rank: 16
1743 - 1805
HPI: 77.96
Rank: 17
1561 - 1633
HPI: 76.98
Rank: 18
1863 - 1945
HPI: 76.81
Rank: 19
1857 - 1919
HPI: 76.69
Rank: 20
1760 - 1842
HPI: 76.55
Rank: 21
1566 - 1613
HPI: 76.53
Rank: 22
1551 - 1618
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 23