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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 78,488 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Luis de Narváez is the 727th most popular composer (down from 654th in 2019), the 888th most popular biography from Spain (down from 787th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Spanish Composer.

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  • 52.65

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  • 15

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  • 5.16

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  • 1.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Luis de Narváez ranks 727 out of 1,216Before him are Turlough O'Carolan, Muslim Magomayev, Arthur Sullivan, Franz Krommer, Norbert Burgmüller, and Temistocle Solera. After him are Sigismund von Neukomm, Ferdinand David, Giovanni Animuccia, Henri Rabaud, Antonio Bertali, and Johann Ludwig Krebs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1500, Luis de Narváez ranks 36Before him are Ambrosius Benson, Gaspar de Lemos, Sebald Beham, Ruy López de Villalobos, Jacob Hutter, and Jan Sanders van Hemessen. After him are Leonardo III Tocco, Rum Mehmed Pasha, Robert de Nola, Theodore Bibliander, Corneille de Lyon, and Georg Pencz. Among people deceased in 1555, Luis de Narváez ranks 17Before him are Herri met de Bles, Heinrich Aldegrever, Agnes of Hesse, Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg, Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja, and Gemma Frisius. After him are Jan Mostaert, Justus Jonas, Hugh Latimer, Stephen Gardiner, Polydore Vergil, and Nicholas Ridley.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Luis de Narváez ranks 888 out of 2,932Before him are Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés (1478), El Risitas (1956), María Mercader (1918), Federico Mayor Zaragoza (1934), Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (1971), and Jaume Huguet (1412). After him are Josep Maria Jujol (1879), Fructuosus of Braga (601), Clemente Domínguez y Gómez (1946), Bartolomé Carranza (1503), George Meade (1815), and Lubna of Córdoba (922).

Among COMPOSERS In Spain

Among composers born in Spain, Luis de Narváez ranks 24Before him are Xavier Cugat (1900), Luis de Pablo (1930), Felip Pedrell (1841), Francisco Guerrero (1528), Gaspar Cassadó (1897), and Juan Bautista Cabanilles (1644). After him are Alberto Iglesias (1955), Xavier Montsalvatge (1912), Ruperto Chapí (1851), Federico Moreno Torroba (1891), Robert Gerhard (1896), and Cristóbal Halffter (1930).