COMPOSER

Philippe de Monte

1521 - 1603

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Philippe de Monte (1521 – 4 July 1603), sometimes known as Philippus de Monte, was a Flemish composer of the late Renaissance active all over Europe. He was a member of the 3rd generation madrigalists and wrote more madrigals than any other composer of the time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philippe de Monte has received more than 76,677 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Philippe de Monte is the 814th most popular composer (down from 639th in 2019), the 432nd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 316th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Belgian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Philippe de Monte ranks 814 out of 1,451Before him are Gaspar Cassadó, Louis Andriessen, Alexander Alyabyev, Annibale Padovano, Jean-Henri d'Anglebert, and Michel Blavet. After him are Pierre Attaingnant, Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens, Keiko Abe, Nikolay Diletsky, Nannette Streicher, and Heino Eller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1521, Philippe de Monte ranks 10Before him are Christina of Denmark, Maurice, Elector of Saxony, Maria of Portugal, Duchess of Viseu, Andrew Avellino, Xu Wei, and Richard Chancellor. After him are Antoine Caron, Thomas Wyatt the Younger, and Francesco Laparelli. Among people deceased in 1603, Philippe de Monte ranks 20Before him are Krzysztof "Piorun" Radziwiłł, Ostilio Ricci, Maerten de Vos, Gulbadan Begum, Yemişçi Hasan Pasha, and Grace O'Malley. After him is Łukasz Górnicki.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Philippe de Monte ranks 432 out of 1,190Before him are Joseph Decaisne (1807), Daniel Van Buyten (1978), Jean Servais (1910), Alfred Stevens (1823), Kevin De Bruyne (1991), and Annie Cordy (1928). After him are Philippe van Lansberge (1561), Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau (1578), Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens (1823), Dirk Frimout (1941), Raymond Braine (1907), and Theodoor Rombouts (1597).

Among COMPOSERS In Belgium

Among composers born in Belgium, Philippe de Monte ranks 27Before him are François-Joseph Fétis (1784), Johannes Ciconia (1370), Philippe Herreweghe (1947), Hucbald (840), Joseph Jongen (1873), and Wim Mertens (1953). After him are Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens (1823), Giaches de Wert (1535), Peter Benoit (1834), and Henri Pousseur (1929).