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Tomaso Albinoni

1671 - 1751

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Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (8 June 1671 – 17 January 1751) was an Italian composer of the Baroque era. His output includes operas, concertos, sonatas for one to six instruments, sinfonias, and solo cantatas. While famous in his day as an opera composer, he is known today for his instrumental music, especially his concertos. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tomaso Albinoni has received more than 685,952 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia. Tomaso Albinoni is the 50th most popular composer (down from 45th in 2019), the 199th most popular biography from Italy (down from 155th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Italian Composer.

Tomaso Albinoni is most famous for his "Adagio in G Minor" which is one of the most famous pieces of music in the world.

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  • 74.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 58

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 14.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Tomaso Albinoni ranks 50 out of 1,451. Before him are Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Edward Elgar, Gaetano Donizetti, Vincenzo Bellini, Jean-Philippe Rameau, and Aram Khachaturian. After him are Domenico Scarlatti, Camille Saint-Saëns, Antonio Salieri, Orlande de Lassus, Carl Orff, and Erik Satie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1671, Tomaso Albinoni ranks 1. After him are John Law, Frederick IV of Denmark, Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I, Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, Rob Roy MacGregor, Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Johann Christoph Bach. Among people deceased in 1751, Tomaso Albinoni ranks 1. After him are Julien Offray de La Mettrie, Frederick I of Sweden, William IV, Prince of Orange, Frederick, Prince of Wales, Louise of Great Britain, Tokugawa Yoshimune, Jacques I, Prince of Monaco, Peter Lacy, Christopher Polhem, Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux, and Robert Maynard.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Tomaso Albinoni ranks 199 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Alexander VII (1599), Gaetano Donizetti (1797), Vincenzo Bellini (1801), Pope Linus (1), Carlo Ancelotti (1959), and Giovanni Bellini (1430). After him are Vitellius (15), Catullus (-84), Domenico Scarlatti (1685), Ludovico Sforza (1452), Pope Boniface V (575), and Saint Cecilia (200).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Tomaso Albinoni ranks 11. Before him are Claudio Monteverdi (1567), Ennio Morricone (1928), Guido of Arezzo (991), Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632), Gaetano Donizetti (1797), and Vincenzo Bellini (1801). After him are Domenico Scarlatti (1685), Antonio Salieri (1750), Alessandro Scarlatti (1660), Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710), Nino Rota (1911), and Luigi Cherubini (1760).

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