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Vicente Martín y Soler

1754 - 1806

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Anastasio Martín Ignacio Vicente Tadeo Francisco Pellegrin Martín y Soler (2 May 1754 – 30 January or 10 February 1806) was a Spanish composer of opera and ballet. Although relatively obscure now, in his own day he was compared favorably with his contemporary and admirer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as a composer of opera buffa. In his time he was called "Martini lo spagnuolo" ("Martini the Spaniard"); in modern times, he has been called "the Valencian Mozart". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vicente Martín y Soler has received more than 63,461 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Vicente Martín y Soler is the 537th most popular composer (down from 476th in 2019), the 687th most popular biography from Spain (down from 611th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Spanish Composer.

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  • 63k

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  • 56.31

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Vicente Martín y Soler ranks 537 out of 1,451. Before him are François-Joseph Fétis, Edgard Varèse, Luigi Rossi, Paul Bowles, Louis Couperin, and George Antheil. After him are Manuel Ponce, Maxim Berezovsky, Ernest Guiraud, Gara Garayev, Pietro Nardini, and Gershon Kingsley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1754, Vicente Martín y Soler ranks 27. Before him are Salomon Maimon, Franz Xaver von Zach, Joseph Joubert, Pavel Tsitsianov, Jurij Vega, and William Murdoch. After him are Andrea Appiani, Nikolay Rumyantsev, Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey, Alejandro Malaspina, Louis Claude Richard, and Nicolas Baudin. Among people deceased in 1806, Vicente Martín y Soler ranks 26. Before him are Michel Adanson, Mungo Park, Mathurin Jacques Brisson, Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, Pavel Tsitsianov, and Shah Alam II. After him are Prince Francis Xavier of Saxony, George Stubbs, Federico Gravina, Fra Diavolo, Horatio Gates, and Michael von Melas.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Vicente Martín y Soler ranks 687 out of 3,355. Before him are Muniadona of Castile (995), Aioulf (400), Gerónimo de Aguilar (1489), Raphael (1943), Pedro Antonio de Alarcón (1833), and Margaret of Navarre (1134). After him are Isidro Lángara (1912), Ángela Molina (1955), Cristóbal de Morales (1600), Serena (365), Beatrice of Castile (1242), and Jaume Cabré (1947).

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Among COMPOSERS In Spain

Among composers born in Spain, Vicente Martín y Soler ranks 14. Before him are Joaquín Turina (1882), Federico Mompou (1893), Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga (1806), Gaspar Sanz (1640), Antonio de Cabezón (1510), and Sebastián Iradier (1809). After him are Luis de Milán (1500), Diego Ortiz (1510), Xavier Cugat (1900), Francisco Guerrero (1528), Alonso Mudarra (1510), and Juan Bautista Cabanilles (1644).

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