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Pietro Della Valle

1586 - 1652

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Pietro Della Valle (Latin: Petrus a Valle; 2 April 1586 – 21 April 1652), also written Pietro della Valle, was an Italian composer, musicologist, and author who travelled throughout Asia during the Renaissance period. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pietro Della Valle has received more than 111,038 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Pietro Della Valle is the 313th most popular composer (down from 300th in 2019), the 1,322nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,276th in 2019) and the 64th most popular Italian Composer.

Pietro della Valle was a 16th century Italian traveler who wrote about his travels in Persia, India, and the Ottoman Empire.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Pietro Della Valle ranks 313 out of 1,216Before him are Miklós Rózsa, Giovanni Bottesini, Clemens Krauss, Leonardo Leo, Keith Emerson, and Hugo Alfvén. After him are Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy, Eugen d'Albert, John Dunstaple, Cécile Chaminade, Sigismond Thalberg, and Angelo Badalamenti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1586, Pietro Della Valle ranks 4Before him are Rose of Lima, Leopold V, Archduke of Austria, and Johannes Valentinus Andreae. After him are Johann Schein, Francesco IV Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia, Théophraste Renaudot, Jan Wildens, Pau Claris i Casademunt, John Ford, and Niccolò Zucchi. Among people deceased in 1652, Pietro Della Valle ranks 6Before him are Jusepe de Ribera, Georges de La Tour, Gregorio Allegri, Jacob De la Gardie, and John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg. After him are Inigo Jones, Jan Asselijn, Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours, Jan Dirksz Both, Denis Pétau, and Johann von Werth.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pietro Della Valle ranks 1,322 out of 4,668Before him are Gioffre Borgia (1481), Gianna Nannini (1954), Timaeus of Locri (-200), Tito Gobbi (1913), Lambert of Italy (880), and Alessandro Valignano (1539). After him are Piero Manzoni (1933), Mario Capecchi (1937), Renata Scotto (1934), Mikhail Tsvet (1872), Andreas Hofer (1767), and Orcagna (1315).

Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Pietro Della Valle ranks 64Before him are Ferdinando Carulli (1770), Giovanni Battista Sammartini (1700), Saverio Mercadante (1795), Andrea Luchesi (1741), Giovanni Bottesini (1821), and Leonardo Leo (1694). After him are Franco Alfano (1875), Antonio Lotti (1667), Luca Marenzio (1553), Giovanni Bononcini (1670), Francesco Durante (1684), and Francesco Cilea (1866).