COMPOSER

Marcello Abbado

1926 - 2020

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Marcello Abbado (7 October 1926 – 4 June 2020) was an Italian pianist, composer, conductor and academic teacher. His compositions include several orchestral works, two ballets, numerous pieces for solo piano, and chamber music. As a pianist, he played in major concert halls of the world. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marcello Abbado has received more than 74,962 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Marcello Abbado is the 1,055th most popular composer (down from 1,030th in 2019), the 3,343rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,080th in 2019) and the 170th most popular Italian Composer.

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  • 75k

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  • 49.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Marcello Abbado ranks 1,055 out of 1,451. Before him are Gustav Lange, Józef Kozłowski, Xian Xinghai, Patrick Doyle, Petr Eben, and Alexander Serov. After him are Salomon Jadassohn, Hugo Distler, Frederick Loewe, Sándor Végh, Halfdan Kjerulf, and Ahmet Adnan Saygun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Marcello Abbado ranks 286. Before him are René Depestre, George C. Williams, Cedella Booker, Armand Penverne, Paul G. Comba, and Agostino Cacciavillan. After him are Bernard Agré, Helene Ahrweiler, Fritz Schär, Aurèle Nicolet, Fritz Stern, and Kristen Nygaard. Among people deceased in 2020, Marcello Abbado ranks 344. Before him are Joan Feynman, Rika Zaraï, Paul Goma, Patrick Devedjian, Genesis P-Orridge, and René Felber. After him are Juan Giménez, Adalet Ağaoğlu, Bobby Morrow, Òscar Ribas Reig, Goran Paskaljević, and Marc Fumaroli.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Marcello Abbado ranks 3,343 out of 5,161. Before him are Max Valier (1895), Angelo Mai (1782), Angelo De Donatis (1954), Theodoric of Prague (1319), Francesco Cornaro (1585), and Gala (1975). After him are Sara Simeoni (1953), Roberto Tucci (1921), Giovanni Amendola (1882), Giacomo Rossi Stuart (1925), Luca Guadagnino (1971), and Giuseppe Amato (1899).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Marcello Abbado ranks 170. Before him are Giovanni Maria Nanino (1544), Franco Faccio (1840), Alessandro Grandi (1586), Lorenzo Perosi (1872), Gioseffo Guami (1542), and Alessandro Striggio (1540). After him are Sylvano Bussotti (1931), Francesco Antonio Vallotti (1697), Dario Marianelli (1963), Detto Mariano (1937), Cecilia Seghizzi (1908), and Ezio Bosso (1971).

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