COMPOSER

Riz Ortolani

1926 - 2014

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Riziero Ortolani (Italian pronunciation: [ritˈtsjɛːro ˈritts ortoˈlaːni]; 25 March 1926 – 23 January 2014) was an Italian composer, conductor, and orchestrator, predominantly of film scores. He scored over 200 films and television programs between 1955 and 2014, with a career spanning over fifty years. Internationally, he is best known for his genre scores, notably his music for mondo, giallo, horror, and Spaghetti Western films. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Riz Ortolani has received more than 252,674 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Riz Ortolani is the 395th most popular composer (up from 528th in 2019), the 1,632nd most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,907th in 2019) and the 80th most popular Italian Composer.

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  • 64.17

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  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Riz Ortolani ranks 395 out of 1,451. Before him are Claudio Merulo, Francesco Gasparini, Bernardo Pasquini, Johann Georg Pisendel, Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska, and Vittoria Aleotti. After him are Johann Baptist Wanhal, Nicolaus Bruhns, Anatoly Lyadov, Ariel Ramírez, Jakov Gotovac, and Carl Loewe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Riz Ortolani ranks 107. Before him are Shigeo Sugimoto, Paul Baran, Maria Teresa de Filippis, John Schlesinger, Rehavam Ze'evi, and Roger Corman. After him are Shin Sang-ok, Rafi Eitan, Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, Abdul Rahim Hatif, Robert Fogel, and Irene Camber. Among people deceased in 2014, Riz Ortolani ranks 86. Before him are Larry Scott, Ralph H. Baer, Joan Rivers, Gottfried John, B. K. S. Iyengar, and Run Run Shaw. After him are Mike Nichols, Milan Galić, Louis Zamperini, Jean-Luc Dehaene, Fred Phelps, and Stuart Hall.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Riz Ortolani ranks 1,632 out of 5,161. Before him are Franco Battiato (1945), Jacopo Sannazaro (1458), Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (1683), Margarita Luti (1500), Vittoria Aleotti (1575), and Dino Grandi (1895). After him are Pier Luigi Nervi (1891), Thiago Alcântara (1991), Moses Montefiore (1784), Catherine of Bologna (1413), Andrea Sansovino (1467), and Grimoald, King of the Lombards (610).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Riz Ortolani ranks 80. Before him are Alfredo Catalani (1854), Giovanni Battista Bassani (1650), Claudio Merulo (1533), Francesco Gasparini (1668), Bernardo Pasquini (1637), and Vittoria Aleotti (1575). After him are Adriano Banchieri (1568), Stefano Landi (1587), Giovanni Legrenzi (1626), Giuseppe Sammartini (1695), Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876), and Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco (1675).

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