Pietro Platania

Italian composer and teacher of music (1828–1907)
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Pietro Platania

Summary

Pietro Platania is a human[1]. He was born in Catania[2]. He was born on April 5, 1828[3]. He passed away in Naples[4]. He died on April 27, 1907[5]. He worked as a composer[6], conductor[7], music educator[8], chapelmaster[9], and director[10]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month, #7,299 of 1,000,298).[11]

Key Facts

  • Born in Catania[2], Pietro Platania…
  • Pietro Platania passed away in Naples[4].
  • Pietro Platania was born on April 5, 1828[3].
  • Pietro Platania was born on January 1, 1828[12].
  • Pietro Platania died on April 27, 1907[5].
  • Burial took place at Monumental Cemetery of Catania[13].
  • Pietro Platania held citizenship in Kingdom of Italy[14].
  • Pietro Platania worked as a composer[6].
  • Pietro Platania worked as a conductor[7].
  • Pietro Platania worked as a music educator[8].
  • Pietro Platania's professions included chapelmaster[9].
  • Pietro Platania's professions included director[10].
  • A notable student of Pietro Platania was Francesco Paolo Frontini[15].
  • Pietro Platania is recorded as male[16].
  • Pietro Platania's instance of is recorded as human[17].
  • Pietro Platania's genre is opera[18].
  • Pietro Platania's genre is classical music[19].
  • Pietro Platania's genre is liturgical music[20].
  • Pietro Platania's Commons category is recorded as Pietro Platania[21].
  • Pietro Platania's family name is recorded as Platania[22].
  • Pietro Platania's given name is recorded as Pietro[23].
  • Pietro Platania studied under Salvatore Pappalardo[24].
  • Pietro Platania studied under Pietro Raimondi[25].
  • Pietro Platania's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[26].
  • Pietro Platania's described by source is recorded as Brief Biographical Dictionary of Foreign Composers[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

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  • Type: Person[28]

  • Country: IT[29]

  • Began / founded: 1828-04-05[30]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1907-04-26[31]

  • MusicBrainz ID: e6147654-bfb5-42bc-83f7-2aa977d9c7f0[32]

Body

Origins and Family

Pietro Platania was born in Catania[2]. Recorded date of birth include April 5, 1828[3] and January 1, 1828[12].

Education

Studied under Salvatore Pappalardo[24], a composer[33], 1817–1884[34], of Kingdom of Italy[35] and Pietro Raimondi[25], a composer[36], 1786–1853[37].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include composer[6], conductor[7], music educator[8], chapelmaster[9], and director[10]. A notable student of Pietro Platania was Francesco Paolo Frontini[15].

Death and Burial

Pietro Platania died on April 27, 1907[5]. He died in Naples[4]. Burial took place at Monumental Cemetery of Catania[13].

Why It Matters

Pietro Platania ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month, #7,299 of 1,000,298).[11] He has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] He is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

FAQs

Where was Pietro Platania born?

Pietro Platania was born in Catania[2].

Where did Pietro Platania die?

Pietro Platania died in Naples[4].

What did Pietro Platania do for work?

Pietro Platania worked as composer[6], conductor[7], music educator[8], chapelmaster[9], and director[10].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . CERL Thesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [14] . wikidata.org.
  5. [17] . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] . Archivio Storico Ricordi. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] . Archivio Storico Ricordi. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [18] . wikidata.org.
  13. [19] . wikidata.org.
  14. [20] . wikidata.org.
  15. [21] . wikidata.org.
  16. [3] . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [12] . CERL Thesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [5] . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] . wikidata.org.
  21. [15] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [11] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation composer, conductor, music educator +2
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32084|batch #32084]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (26)"
  2. 21d ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of burial Monumental Cemetery of Catania
    Citizenship
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    Given name Pietro
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    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30848|batch #30848]]: match CERL IDs on the basis of GND (5)"
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