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Saverio Mercadante

1795 - 1870

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Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante (baptised 17 September 1795 – 17 December 1870) was an Italian composer, particularly of operas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saverio Mercadante has received more than 145,736 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Saverio Mercadante is the 321st most popular composer (down from 300th in 2019), the 1,418th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,277th in 2019) and the 67th most popular Italian Composer.

Saverio Mercadante was an Italian composer who wrote operas, oratorios, and sacred music. He is most famous for his opera "Il Giuramento" which premiered in Milan in 1838.

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  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Saverio Mercadante ranks 321 out of 1,451. Before him are Francesco Cilea, Valentyn Sylvestrov, Franz Benda, Vincent d'Indy, Giovanni Bononcini, and Paul Abraham. After him are Pierre De Geyter, Charles Ives, Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Johann Adam Reincken, Ignaz Pleyel, and John Dunstaple.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1795, Saverio Mercadante ranks 16. Before him are Dred Scott, Alexander Griboyedov, Ernst Heinrich Weber, Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, John William Polidori, and Gabriel Lamé. After him are Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, Hadji Murad, Johns Hopkins, Anselme Payen, Heinrich Marschner, and Vincent Pallotti. Among people deceased in 1870, Saverio Mercadante ranks 19. Before him are Heinrich Gustav Magnus, Ferdinand von Wrangel, Victor Noir, Anthony Mary Claret, Gabriel Lamé, and Princess Louise of Prussia. After him are Ignaz Moscheles, Jules de Goncourt, Juan Prim, 1st Count of Reus, Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia, Konstantin Ushinsky, and Charles Auguste de Bériot.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Saverio Mercadante ranks 1,418 out of 5,161. Before him are Giuliano Amato (1938), Marco Ferreri (1928), Antipope Honorius II (1010), Giuseppina Strepponi (1815), Prince Henry of Battenberg (1858), and Saint Sabina (100). After him are Calpurnia (-77), Tyrannius Rufinus (345), Maria Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Massa (1750), Giovanni Angelo Becciu (1948), Salvatore Schillaci (1964), and Louis I of Etruria (1773).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Saverio Mercadante ranks 67. Before him are Alessandro Stradella (1643), Franco Alfano (1875), Niccolò Jommelli (1714), Leonardo Leo (1694), Francesco Cilea (1866), and Giovanni Bononcini (1670). After him are Ferdinando Carulli (1770), Giovanni Bottesini (1821), Pietro Della Valle (1586), Luca Marenzio (1553), Alfredo Casella (1883), and Domenico Zipoli (1688).

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