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Albert Roussel

1869 - 1937

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Albert Charles Paul Marie Roussel (French pronunciation: [albɛʁ ʃaʁl pɔl maʁi ʁusɛl]; 5 April 1869 – 23 August 1937) was a French composer. He spent seven years as a midshipman, turned to music as an adult, and became one of the most prominent French composers of the interwar period. His early works were strongly influenced by the Impressionism of Debussy and Ravel, while he later turned toward neoclassicism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Albert Roussel is the 237th most popular composer (up from 243rd in 2019), the 1,038th most popular biography from France (up from 1,118th in 2019) and the 39th most popular French Composer.

Albert Roussel was a French composer. He is most famous for his opera "Padmavati" which was first performed in 1917.

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Among composers, Albert Roussel ranks 237 out of 1,451. Before him are Ernest Chausson, Jacob Clemens non Papa, Scott Joplin, Ernst von Dohnányi, Carl Reinecke, and Angelo Badalamenti. After him are Engelbert Humperdinck, Mykola Leontovych, Marcel Dupré, Giacomo Carissimi, Otto Nicolai, and Pietro Locatelli.

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Among people born in 1869, Albert Roussel ranks 27. Before him are Calouste Gulbenkian, Karl Seitz, Felix Salten, Komitas, Rudolf Otto, and Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria. After him are Gustav Vigeland, Richard Abegg, Pyotr Krasnov, Emilio Aguinaldo, Prince Aloys of Liechtenstein, and Kasturba Gandhi. Among people deceased in 1937, Albert Roussel ranks 32. Before him are Wallace Carothers, Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Rudolf Otto, Keke Geladze, Frank B. Kellogg, and Ramsay MacDonald. After him are J. Bruce Ismay, Emilio Mola, Takeo Wakabayashi, Edith Wharton, Pavel Florensky, and Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark.

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Among people born in France, Albert Roussel ranks 1,038 out of 6,770. Before him are Flora Tristan (1803), Laura de Noves (1310), François l'Olonnais (1635), Pierre d'Ailly (1350), Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40), and Pierre-Charles Villeneuve (1763). After him are Guillaume Brune (1763), Sigebert II (602), Magdalena of France (1443), Paul Vidal de La Blache (1845), Inessa Armand (1874), and Alys of France, Countess of Vexin (1160).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Albert Roussel ranks 39. Before him are Charles-Marie Widor (1844), Pauline Viardot (1821), Fromental Halévy (1799), Lili Boulanger (1893), Philippe de Vitry (1291), and Ernest Chausson (1855). After him are Marcel Dupré (1886), Ambroise Thomas (1811), Cécile Chaminade (1857), Francis Lai (1932), Vincent d'Indy (1851), and Pierre Schaeffer (1910).

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