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Ottaviano Petrucci

1466 - 1539

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Ottaviano Petrucci (Fossombrone, 18 June 1466 – Venice, 7 May 1539) was an Italian printer. His Harmonice Musices Odhecaton, a collection of chansons printed in 1501, is commonly misidentified as the first book of sheet music printed from movable type. Actually that distinction belongs to the Roman printer Ulrich Han's Missale Romanum of 1476. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ottaviano Petrucci has received more than 117,433 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Ottaviano Petrucci is the 190th most popular inventor (down from 173rd in 2019), the 2,176th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,914th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Italian Inventor.

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Ottaviano Petrucci ranks 190 out of 426. Before him are Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff, George de Mestral, Sandford Fleming, Traian Vuia, Johann Christoph Denner, and Samuel Pierpont Langley. After him are Jethro Tull, Orban, Christopher Latham Sholes, Charles Xavier Thomas, David Edward Hughes, and Lillian Moller Gilbreth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1466, Ottaviano Petrucci ranks 10. Before him are Andrea Doria, Quentin Matsys, Alonso de Ojeda, Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua, Şehzade Ahmet, and Giovanni Sforza. After him are Ashikaga Yoshitane, and Marino Sanuto the Younger. Among people deceased in 1539, Ottaviano Petrucci ranks 12. Before him are George, Duke of Saxony, Anthony Maria Zaccaria, Ayşe Hatun, John III, Duke of Cleves, Pierre Gringore, and Elizabeth Blount. After him are Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, Il Pordenone, and Vannoccio Biringuccio.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Ottaviano Petrucci ranks 2,176 out of 5,161. Before him are Girolamo Priuli (1486), Vincenzo II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1594), Titus Lartius (-600), Fabiola Gianotti (1960), Lina Cavalieri (1874), and Mitja Ribičič (1919). After him are Leopold, Prince of Salerno (1790), Gloria Guida (1955), William of Modena (1184), Ignazio Danti (1536), Aldo Ciccolini (1925), and Giovanni Dandolo (1300).

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Among INVENTORS In Italy

Among inventors born in Italy, Ottaviano Petrucci ranks 7. Before him are Leonardo da Vinci (1452), Guglielmo Marconi (1874), Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655), Antonio Meucci (1808), Johann Maria Farina (1685), and Angelo Moriondo (1851). After him are Max Valier (1895), Giovanni Caselli (1815), and Andrew Viterbi (1935).

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