COMPOSER

Niccolò Piccinni

1728 - 1800

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Niccolò Piccinni (Italian: [nikkoˈlɔ ppitˈtʃinni]; 16 January 1728 – 7 May 1800) was an Italian composer of symphonies, sacred music, chamber music, and opera. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Niccolò Piccinni has received more than 103,496 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Niccolò Piccinni is the 213th most popular composer (up from 217th in 2019), the 1,020th most popular biography from Italy (down from 995th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Italian Composer.

Niccolò Piccinni is most famous for his opera La buona figliuola, which was performed in 1760.

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  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Niccolò Piccinni ranks 213 out of 1,451. Before him are Steve Reich, Angelo Badalamenti, Pauline Viardot, James Horner, Josef Suk, and Franz von Suppé. After him are Howard Shore, Francesco Landini, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Maurizio Pollini, Lili Boulanger, and Andrea Gabrieli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1728, Niccolò Piccinni ranks 6. Before him are James Cook, Peter III of Russia, Johann Heinrich Lambert, Joseph Black, and Anton Raphael Mengs. After him are Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden, Étienne-Louis Boullée, Chevalier d'Éon, Ali Bey al-Kabir, Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, and Antoine Baumé. Among people deceased in 1800, Niccolò Piccinni ranks 6. Before him are Alexander Suvorov, Jeongjo of Joseon, Jean-Baptiste Kléber, Adélaïde of France, and Louis Desaix. After him are Salawat Yulayev, Peter von Biron, Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, George XII of Georgia, Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignano, and Jean-Antoine Marbot.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Niccolò Piccinni ranks 1,020 out of 5,161. Before him are Luigi Russolo (1885), Publius Cornelius Scipio (-260), Maria Theresa of Savoy (1756), Eleonora Duse (1858), Peter Damian (1007), and Occhiali (1519). After him are Edda Mussolini (1910), Francesco Landini (1325), Valentina Visconti, Duchess of Orléans (1371), Marcomer (400), Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt (1668), and Maurizio Pollini (1942).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Niccolò Piccinni ranks 45. Before him are Francesco Cavalli (1602), Giuseppe Torelli (1658), Leonardo Vinci (1690), Andrea Luchesi (1741), Umberto Giordano (1867), and Alessandro Marcello (1673). After him are Francesco Landini (1325), Maurizio Pollini (1942), Andrea Gabrieli (1533), Nicola Porpora (1686), Gaspare Spontini (1774), and Giacomo Carissimi (1605).

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