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Marcos Portugal

1762 - 1830

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Marcos António da Fonseca Portugal (24 March 1762 – 17 February 1830), known as Marcos Portugal, or Marco Portogallo, was a Portuguese-born Brazilian classical composer, who achieved great international fame for his operas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marcos Portugal has received more than 45,374 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Marcos Portugal is the 988th most popular composer (down from 953rd in 2019), the 284th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 257th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Portuguese Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 45k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Marcos Portugal ranks 988 out of 1,451. Before him are Friedrich Gernsheim, Lars-Erik Larsson, Jean Mouton, Egon Wellesz, Ivan Galamian, and Matthew Locke. After him are John Rutter, Franco Donatoni, Bruno Coulais, Michael Giacchino, Renzo Rossellini, and Giovanni Maria Nanino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1762, Marcos Portugal ranks 29. Before him are Jan Rustem, Anton Aloys, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Jeremias Benjamin Richter, Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland, Giuseppe Valadier, and Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen. After him are Marie Bouliard, Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, Lachlan Macquarie, Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst, and Joanna Baillie. Among people deceased in 1830, Marcos Portugal ranks 25. Before him are Dominique Vandamme, Swaminarayan, Pierre Rode, Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, Elizabeth Monroe, and Frederick Ferdinand, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen. After him are William Hazlitt, Duke William Frederick Philip of Württemberg, Jan Śniadecki, Ignaz Schuppanzigh, José de la Mar, and William Huskisson.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Marcos Portugal ranks 284 out of 633. Before him are Bento de Góis (1562), Infante João, Duke of Beja (1842), Martim Afonso de Sousa (1500), José Augusto (1937), Vítor Pereira (1968), and João de Castro (1500). After him are Pedro Passos Coelho (1964), João Pinto (1971), Infanta Maria Ana Francisca of Portugal (1736), Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira (1888), Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho (1869), and Jorge Mendes (1966).

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Among COMPOSERS In Portugal

Among composers born in Portugal, Marcos Portugal ranks 2. Before him are Carlos Seixas (1704). After him are Manuel Cardoso (1566), and Luís de Freitas Branco (1890).

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