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Tomaso Antonio Vitali

1663 - 1745

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Tomaso Antonio Vitali (7 March 1663 – 9 May 1745) was an Italian composer and violinist of the mid to late Baroque era. The eldest son of Giovanni Battista Vitali, he is chiefly known for a Chaconne in G minor for violin and continuo, to which he is traditionally attributed as the composer. The work was published from a manuscript in the Sächsische Landesbibliothek in Dresden in Die Hoch Schule des Violinspiels (1867) edited by German violinist Ferdinand David. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tomaso Antonio Vitali has received more than 137,086 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Tomaso Antonio Vitali is the 624th most popular composer (up from 628th in 2019), the 2,257th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,181st in 2019) and the 112th most popular Italian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Tomaso Antonio Vitali ranks 624 out of 1,451. Before him are Alois Hába, Francesco Canova da Milano, Jeremiah Clarke, Léon Boëllmann, Johann Nikolaus Forkel, and Pancho Vladigerov. After him are Adolf von Henselt, Andrea Falconieri, Claude Goudimel, Riccardo Zandonai, Max Richter, and Orlando Gibbons.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1663, Tomaso Antonio Vitali ranks 7. Before him are Prince Eugene of Savoy, Thomas Newcomen, Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany, Árni Magnússon, Guillaume Amontons, and August Hermann Francke. After him are Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Lobsang Yeshe, 5th Panchen Lama, Luca Carlevarijs, Cotton Mather, Agafya Grushetskaya, and Princess Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach. Among people deceased in 1745, Tomaso Antonio Vitali ranks 8. Before him are Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, Robert Walpole, Jan Dismas Zelenka, Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, Jean-Baptiste van Loo, and Ibrahim Muteferrika. After him are Antoine Forqueray, Nicola Fago, Christian Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Ernest Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, and James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Tomaso Antonio Vitali ranks 2,257 out of 5,161. Before him are Archduke Anton Victor of Austria (1779), Indro Montanelli (1909), Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria (1825), Carlo Bergonzi (1924), Gaspara Stampa (1523), and Flaminio Bertoni (1903). After him are Salvatore Maranzano (1886), Renato Guttuso (1911), Andrea Falconieri (1580), Daniele Manin (1804), Marcello Tegalliano (700), and Fabio Grosso (1977).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Tomaso Antonio Vitali ranks 112. Before him are Isabella Leonarda (1620), Giacinto Scelsi (1905), Luzzasco Luzzaschi (1545), Francesco Feo (1691), Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880), and Francesco Canova da Milano (1497). After him are Andrea Falconieri (1580), Riccardo Zandonai (1883), Domenico Dragonetti (1763), Eduardo di Capua (1865), Orazio Vecchi (1550), and Francesco Provenzale (1632).

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