COMPOSER

Luis de Narváez

1500 - 1555

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Luis de Narváez (fl. 1526–1549) was a Spanish composer and vihuelist. Highly regarded during his lifetime, Narváez is known today for Los seys libros del Delphín, a collection of polyphonic music for the vihuela which includes the earliest known variation sets. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luis de Narváez has received more than 82,575 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Luis de Narváez is the 755th most popular composer (down from 726th in 2019), the 951st most popular biography from Spain (down from 888th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Spanish Composer.

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  • 53.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Luis de Narváez ranks 755 out of 1,451. Before him are Louise Bertin, Carlos Seixas, Juan Bautista Cabanilles, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Johann Baptist Cramer, and Gabriel Yared. After him are Boris Asafyev, Giacomo Antonio Perti, Norbert Burgmüller, Johann Melchior Molter, Giovanni Animuccia, and Arnold Bax.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1500, Luis de Narváez ranks 39. Before him are Francisco de Bobadilla, Sebald Beham, Jan Sanders van Hemessen, Nuno Tristão, Jacob Hutter, and Ambrosius Benson. After him are Rum Mehmed Pasha, Georg Pencz, Robert de Nola, Pedro Reinel, Ligier Richier, and Corneille de Lyon. Among people deceased in 1555, Luis de Narváez ranks 17. Before him are Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja, Thomas of Villanova, Oronce Finé, Heinrich Aldegrever, Gemma Frisius, and Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg. After him are Bartolomeo Veneto, Justus Jonas, Olympia Fulvia Morata, Jan Mostaert, Hugh Latimer, and Stephen Gardiner.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Luis de Narváez ranks 951 out of 3,355. Before him are Juan Bautista Cabanilles (1644), Bojan Krkić (1990), Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi (null), José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones (1898), Álvaro Morte (1975), and Leonardo Torres y Quevedo (1852). After him are Ramón Franco (1896), Lluís Martínez Sistach (1937), Juan Mata (1988), Ramón Gómez de la Serna (1888), Agustina de Aragón (1786), and Bernardo Atxaga (1951).

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Among COMPOSERS In Spain

Among composers born in Spain, Luis de Narváez ranks 21. Before him are Luis de Milán (1500), Diego Ortiz (1510), Xavier Cugat (1900), Francisco Guerrero (1528), Alonso Mudarra (1510), and Juan Bautista Cabanilles (1644). After him are Felip Pedrell (1841), Gaspar Cassadó (1897), Alberto Iglesias (1955), Xavier Montsalvatge (1912), Federico Moreno Torroba (1891), and Robert Gerhard (1896).

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