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| Rank | Topic | Wikipedia views Oct 21 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johann Sebastian Bach (1685â1750) | 18251 |
| 2 | Antonio Vivaldi (1678â1741) | 6993 |
| 3 | George Frideric Handel (1685â1759) | 5879 |
| 4 | Frederick the Great (1712â1786) | 4554 |
| 5 | Johann Pachelbel (1653â1706) | 2088 |
| 6 | Henry Purcell (1659â1695) | 1959 |
| 7 | Claudio Monteverdi (1567â1643) | 1810 |
| 8 | Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632â1687) | 1041 |
| 9 | Georg Philipp Telemann (1681â1767) | 994 |
| 10 | Domenico Scarlatti (1685â1757) | 983 |
| 11 | Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683â1764) | 957 |
| 12 | Arcangelo Corelli (1653â1713) | 834 |
| 13 | Tomaso Albinoni (1671â1751) | 702 |
| 14 | John Dowland (1563â1626) | 648 |
| 15 | Alessandro Scarlatti (1660â1725) | 570 |
| 16 | Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1554/1557â1612) | 506 |
| 17 | Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710â1736) | 440 |
| 18 | Dieterich Buxtehude (c. 1637â1707) | 386 |
| 19 | Giuseppe Tartini (1692â1770) | 305 |
| 20 | Michael Praetorius (c. 1571â1621) | 284 |
| 21 | Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643â1704) | 271 |
| 22 | Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583â1643) | 245 |
| 23 | Thomas Arne (1710â1778) | 244 |
| 24 | John IV of Portugal (1603â1656) | 243 |
| 25 | Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710â1784) | 234 |
| 26 | Jacopo Peri (1561â1633) | 232 |
| 27 | Gregorio Allegri (1582â1652) | 217 |
| 28 | Giulio Caccini (1551â1618) | 216 |
| 29 | Marin Marais (1656â1728) | 210 |
| 30 | Orlando Gibbons (1583â1625) | 194 |
| 31 | Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562â1621) | 185 |
| 32 | Jeremiah Clarke (c. 1674â1707) | 180 |
| 33 | Thomas Weelkes (1576â1623) | 173 |
| 34 | Barbara Strozzi (1619â1677) | 163 |
| 35 | Francesco Cavalli (1602â1676) | 156 |
| 36 | Johann Joachim Quantz (1697â1773) | 155 |
| 37 | Giacomo Carissimi (1605â1674) | 151 |
| 38 | Antonio Caldara (1670/1671â1736) | 148 |
| 39 | Johann Jakob Froberger (1616â1667) | 142 |
| 40 | Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679â1745) | 138 |
| 41 | William Boyce (1711â1779) | 135 |
| 42 | Giuseppe Torelli (1658â1709) | 134 |
| 43 | Johann Adolph Hasse (1699â1783) | 130 |
| 44 | Baldassare Galuppi (1706â1785) | 130 |
| 45 | Benedetto Marcello (1686â1739) | 126 |
| 46 | Thomas Campion (1567â1620) | 122 |
| 47 | Pietro Locatelli (1695â1764) | 121 |
| 48 | Giovanni Battista Bononcini (1670â1747) | 120 |
| 49 | Antonio Lotti (c. 1667â1740) | 120 |
| 50 | Antonio Soler (1729â1783) | 115 |
| 51 | Jean-Joseph Mouret (1682â1738) | 115 |
| 52 | Giovanni Battista Sammartini (1700/1701â1775) | 111 |
| 53 | Barbara of Portugal (1711â1758) | 110 |
| 54 | Jean-Marie Leclair l'aîné (1697â1764) | 110 |
| 55 | John Blow (1649â1708) | 109 |
| 56 | Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687â1750) | 103 |
| 57 | Louis-Claude Daquin (1694â1772) | 102 |
| 58 | Jacques-Martin Hotteterre (1674â1763) | 102 |
| 59 | Hans Leo Hassler (1564â1612) | 98 |
| 60 | Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688â1758) | 97 |
| 61 | John Bull (1562/1563â1628) | 97 |
| 62 | Christoph Graupner (1683â1760) | 96 |
| 63 | Nicola Porpora (1686â1768) | 93 |
| 64 | Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe (c. 1640âc. 1700) | 91 |
| 65 | Francesco Geminiani (1687â1762) | 91 |
| 66 | Gaspar Sanz (1640â1710) | 90 |
| 67 | Domenico Zipoli (1688â1726) | 89 |
| 68 | Charles Avison (1709â1770) | 88 |
| 69 | Giovanni Battista Martini, or Padre Martini (1706â1784) | 88 |
| 70 | Johann Mattheson (1681â1764) | 87 |
| 71 | Luigi Rossi (c. 1597â1653) | 87 |
| 72 | Alessandro Stradella (1639â1682) | 87 |
| 73 | John Stanley (1712â1786) | 86 |
| 74 | Francesca Caccini (1587âc. 1640) | 79 |
| 75 | Adriano Banchieri (1568â1634) | 78 |
| 76 | Johann Christoph Bach (1642â1703) | 76 |
| 77 | Samuel Scheidt (1587â1654) | 75 |
| 78 | Michelagnolo Galilei (1575â1631) | 75 |
| 79 | Christian Petzold (1677â1733) | 75 |
| 80 | Louis Couperin (c. 1626â1661) | 71 |
| 81 | Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (1656â1746) | 69 |
| 82 | Leonardo Vinci (c. 1690â1730) | 68 |
| 83 | Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville (1711â1772) | 67 |
| 84 | Michel Blavet (1700â1768) | 67 |
| 85 | Charles d'Assoucy (1605â1677) | 66 |
| 86 | Georg Muffat (1653â1704) | 66 |
| 87 | Alessandro Marcello (1669â1747) | 63 |
| 88 | Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia (1709â1758) | 61 |
| 89 | Thomas Tomkins (1572â1656) | 59 |
| 90 | Francesco Manfredini (1684â1762) | 59 |
| 91 | Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667â1752) | 59 |
| 92 | Francesco Maria Veracini (1690â1768) | 58 |
| 93 | Carl Heinrich Graun (1704â1759) | 58 |
| 94 | Leonardo Leo (1694â1744) | 57 |
| 95 | Johann Schein (1586â1630) | 56 |
| 96 | William Lawes (1602â1645) | 55 |
| 97 | Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger, or Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger (c. 1580â1651) | 55 |
| 98 | William Croft (1678â1727) | 55 |
| 99 | Carlos Seixas (1704â1742) | 55 |
| 100 | Antonio Cesti (1623â1669) | 55 |
| 101 | Salamone Rossi (c. 1570â1630) | 54 |
| 102 | Franz Benda (1709â1786) | 54 |
| 103 | Johan Helmich Roman (1694â1758) | 54 |
| 104 | Matthias Weckmann (c. 1616â1674) | 53 |
| 105 | Francesco Durante (1684â1755) | 52 |
| 106 | Matthew Locke (c. 1621â1677) | 52 |
| 107 | Johann Michael Bach (1648â1694) | 52 |
| 108 | Sigismondo d'India (c. 1582â1629) | 51 |
| 109 | Andreas Werckmeister (1645â1706) | 50 |
| 110 | Giovanni Legrenzi (1626â1690) | 50 |
| 111 | Antoine Forqueray (1671â1745) | 49 |
| 112 | Tarquinio Merula (1594/1595â1665) | 49 |
| 113 | Emilio de' Cavalieri (c. 1550â1602) | 49 |
| 114 | Michel Corrette (1707â1795) | 49 |
| 115 | Bernardo Pasquini (1637â1710) | 49 |
| 116 | Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689â1755) | 48 |
| 117 | Agostino Steffani (1653â1728) | 47 |
| 118 | Johann David Heinichen (1683â1729) | 46 |
| 119 | Henri Du Mont (1610â1684) | 46 |
| 120 | Peter Philips (c. 1560â1628) | 45 |
| 121 | Nicholas Lanier (1588â1666) | 44 |
| 122 | Louis Marchand (1669â1732) | 43 |
| 123 | Heinrich Scheidemann (c. 1595â1663) | 43 |
| 124 | Alessandro Poglietti (early 17th centuryâ1683) | 43 |
| 125 | Johann Kuhnau (1660â1722) | 43 |
| 126 | Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (c. 1620â1680) | 43 |
| 127 | Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (c. 1560â1627) | 42 |
| 128 | Giovanni Battista Pescetti (c. 1704âc. 1766) | 42 |
| 129 | Stefano Landi (1586/1587â1639) | 42 |
| 130 | Christopher Simpson (c. 1602/1606â1669) | 41 |
| 131 | Johann Ernst Eberlin (1702â1762) | 41 |
| 132 | Robert Johnson (c. 1583â1634) | 41 |
| 133 | Tobias Hume (1569â1645) | 41 |
| 134 | Maurice Greene (1696â1755) | 41 |
| 135 | Santiago de Murcia (1673â1739) | 40 |
| 136 | Johann Gottfried Walther (1684â1748) | 40 |
| 137 | Henry Lawes (1595â1662) | 40 |
| 138 | Thomas Ravenscroft (c. 1582âc. 1635) | 40 |
| 139 | Domenico Alberti (c. 1710â1740) | 39 |
| 140 | Domenico Gabrielli (1651/1659â1690) | 39 |
| 141 | Reinhard Keiser (1674â1739) | 39 |
| 142 | Biagio Marini (1594â1663) | 38 |
| 143 | Felice Anerio (1560â1614) | 37 |
| 144 | Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer (1692â1766) | 37 |
| 145 | Jean-Baptiste Loeillet of London (1680â1730) | 37 |
| 146 | Alessandro Grandi (1586â1630) | 37 |
| 147 | Hieronymus Praetorius (1560â1629) | 37 |
| 148 | Manuel Cardoso (1566â1650) | 36 |
| 149 | Antonio Bertali (1605â1669) | 36 |
| 150 | Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713â1780) | 36 |
| 151 | Andreas Hammerschmidt (1611/1612â1675) | 36 |
| 152 | Nicolaus Bruhns (1665â1697) | 36 |
| 153 | Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers (1632â1714) | 36 |
| 154 | Heinrich Bach (1615â1692) | 35 |
| 155 | Francisco Correa de Arauxo (1584â1654) | 35 |
| 156 | Giovanni Benedetto Platti (1697â1763) | 35 |
| 157 | Alessandro Piccinini (1566â1638) | 35 |
| 158 | John Christopher Smith (1712â1795) | 34 |
| 159 | Giovanni Bassano (c. 1558â1617) | 34 |
| 160 | Nicola Matteis (fl. c. 1670â1698; d. after 1713)<!--b. before 1650; son Nicola Matteis (ii) b. c. 1670, d. 1737--> | 34 |
| 161 | Charles Theodore Pachelbel (1690â1750) | 34 |
| 162 | John Ward (1571â1638) | 33 |
| 163 | Andrea Falconieri (1585/1586â1656) | 33 |
| 164 | Johann Baptist Georg Neruda (c. 1707âc. 1780) | 33 |
| 165 | Pablo Bruna (1611â1679) | 33 |
| 166 | John Wilbye (1574â1638) | 33 |
| 167 | Robert Ramsey (1590sâ1644) | 33 |
| 168 | Capel Bond (1730â1790)<!--Very late English 'baroque': wrote sub-Handelian concerti grossi--> | 33 |
| 169 | John Eccles (1668â1735) | 32 |
| 170 | Manuel de Zumaya (c. 1678â1755) | 32 |
| 171 | Francesco Gasparini (1661â1727) | 32 |
| 172 | Johann Melchior Molter (1696â1765) | 32 |
| 173 | Dario Castello (c. 1590âc. 1658) | 32 |
| 174 | Abraham van den Kerckhoven (c. 1618âc. 1701) | 32 |
| 175 | Thomas Ford (c. 1580â1648) | 32 |
| 176 | Melchior Franck (c. 1579â1639) | 32 |
| 177 | Johann Heinrich Buttstett (1666â1727) | 31 |
| 178 | Pancrace Royer (1705â1755) | 31 |
| 179 | Johan Agrell (1701â1765) | 31 |
| 180 | Jacob van Eyck (c. 1590â1657) | 31 |
| 181 | Bernardo Storace (1637â1707) | 31 |
| 182 | Pietro Antonio Fiocco (1654â1714) | 30 |
| 183 | Giuseppe Sammartini (1695â1750) | 29 |
| 184 | Manuel Rodrigues Coelho (c. 1555âc. 1635) | 29 |
| 185 | Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello (c. 1690â1758) | 29 |
| 186 | Johann Nicolaus Bach (1669â1753) | 29 |
| 187 | Duarte Lobo (c. 1565â1646) | 28 |
| 188 | Maria Francesca Nascinbeni (born 1658; fl. 1674) | 28 |
| 189 | Marco da Gagliano (1582â1643) | 28 |
| 190 | Agostino Agazzari (1578â1640) | 28 |
| 191 | Pietro Filippo Scarlatti (1679â1750) | 28 |
| 192 | Henry Carey (1687â1743) | 28 |
| 193 | William Babell (c. 1689â1723) | 27 |
| 194 | Paolo Quagliati (c. 1555â1628) | 27 |
| 195 | Domenico Sarro (1679â1744) | 27 |
| 196 | Franz Xaver Murschhauser (1663â1738) | 27 |
| 197 | Emanuele d'Astorga (1681â1736) | 27 |
| 198 | Charles Dieupart (c. 1670âc. 1740) | 27 |
| 199 | Jacques Aubert (1689â1753) | 27 |
| 200 | Claudio Pari (1574âafter 1619) | 27 |
| 201 | Giovanni Picchi (1571/1572â1643) | 27 |
| 202 | Nicolas Vallet (c. 1583âc. 1642) | 27 |
| 203 | Marcin Mielczewski (c. 1600â1651) | 27 |
| 204 | Nicolas de Grigny (1672â1703) | 26 |
| 205 | Jean Titelouze (1562/1563â1633) | 26 |
| 206 | Francesco Barsanti (1690â1772) | 26 |
| 207 | Pelham Humfrey (1647â1674) | 26 |
| 208 | Alfonso Fontanelli (1557â1622) | 26 |
| 209 | Gottfried Finger (1660â1730) | 26 |
| 210 | Gottlieb Muffat (1690â1770) | 26 |
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