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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 235,066 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Riz Ortolani is the 528th most popular composer (down from 465th in 2019), the 1,912th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,745th in 2019) and the 92nd most popular Italian Composer.

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  • 240k

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  • 55.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Riz Ortolani ranks 528 out of 1,216. Before him are Edgard Varèse, Gershon Kingsley, Jean Françaix, Alexandre Guilmant, Johann Georg Pisendel, and Eleni Karaindrou. After him are Zbigniew Preisner, Christian Sinding, Joachim Raff, Eugen Doga, Agostino Steffani, and Gabriel Pierné.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Riz Ortolani ranks 133. Before him are Raif Dizdarević, Norman Jewison, Prince Dimitri Romanov, Shigeo Sugimoto, Kim Jong-pil, and Peter Graves. After him are Shin Sang-ok, Karel Reisz, Ed McBain, Don Rickles, Jeffrey Hunter, and Teddy Scholten. Among people deceased in 2014, Riz Ortolani ranks 110. Before him are Lorna Wing, Richard Bull, Milan Galić, Tatiana Samoilova, Leo Tindemans, and Manitas de Plata. After him are Robert Hansen, Edward Herrmann, Ralph Waite, Ernst Albrecht, Carlo Bergonzi, and Ana María Matute.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Riz Ortolani ranks 1,912 out of 4,668. Before him are Aurelio Peccei (1908), Francesco Algarotti (1712), Roger of Salerno (1100), Gerolama Orsini (1503), Giulio Alberoni (1664), and Maria Salviati (1499). After him are Nevio Scala (1947), Eleanor of Anjou (1289), Paolo Boi (1528), Peter Krešimir IV of Croatia (null), Marino Marini (1901), and Niccolò de' Niccoli (1365).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Riz Ortolani ranks 92. Before him are Giacinto Scelsi (1905), Stefano Landi (1587), Antonio Sacchini (1730), Luigi Rossi (1597), Ferdinando Paer (1771), and Bruno Maderna (1920). After him are Agostino Steffani (1654), Pietro Nardini (1722), Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895), Giuseppe Sarti (1729), Domenico Dragonetti (1763), and Orazio Vecchi (1550).

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