COMPOSER

André Campra

1660 - 1744

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André Campra (French: [kɑ̃pʁa]; baptized 4 December 1660 – 29 June 1744) was a French composer and conductor of the Baroque era. The leading French opera composer in the period between Jean-Baptiste Lully and Jean-Philippe Rameau, Campra wrote several tragédies en musique and opéra-ballets that were extremely well received. He also wrote three books of cantatas as well as religious music, including a requiem. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. André Campra is the 327th most popular composer (down from 309th in 2019), the 1,370th most popular biography from France (up from 1,407th in 2019) and the 51st most popular French Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, André Campra ranks 327 out of 1,451. Before him are Sigismond Thalberg, Johan Halvorsen, Alberto Ginastera, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Sylvius Leopold Weiss, and Alan Silvestri. After him are Aaron Copland, Heinrich Isaac, Maria Szymanowska, Julius Fučík, Bernard Herrmann, and Keith Emerson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1660, André Campra ranks 8. Before him are George I of Great Britain, Alessandro Scarlatti, Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria, Johann Joseph Fux, Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, and Johann Kuhnau. After him are Veronica Giuliani, Hans Sloane, Andreas Schlüter, Francesco II d'Este, Duke of Modena, Johann Patkul, and Rafael Casanova. Among people deceased in 1744, André Campra ranks 8. Before him are Giambattista Vico, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Alexander Pope, Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans, Giuseppe Guarneri, and Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough. After him are Leonardo Leo, Marie Anne de Mailly, John Theophilus Desaguliers, Antiochus Kantemir, Johann Heinrich Schulze, and John Hadley.

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In France

Among people born in France, André Campra ranks 1,370 out of 6,770. Before him are Theobald III, Count of Champagne (1179), Guillaume Budé (1467), Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve (1685), Joan, Countess of Flanders (1200), Hélène Langevin-Joliot (1927), and Laurent Schwartz (1915). After him are Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier (1742), John of Matha (1150), Marie Anne de Bourbon (1666), René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (1643), Louis Vierne (1870), and Antonio I, Prince of Monaco (1661).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, André Campra ranks 51. Before him are Pierre Schaeffer (1910), Jacques Ibert (1890), Emmanuel Chabrier (1841), Louis-Claude Daquin (1694), Gustave Charpentier (1860), and Georges Auric (1899). After him are Clément Janequin (1485), Germaine Tailleferre (1892), Michel Richard Delalande (1657), Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766), Louis Marchand (1669), and Antoine Busnois (1430).

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