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André Jolivet

1905 - 1974

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André Jolivet (pronounced [ɑ̃dʁe ʒɔlivɛ]; 8 August 1905 – 20 December 1974) was a French composer. Known for his devotion to French culture and musical thought, Jolivet drew on his interest in acoustics and atonality, as well as both ancient and modern musical influences, particularly on instruments used in ancient times. He composed in a wide variety of forms for many different types of ensembles. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. André Jolivet is the 386th most popular composer (up from 419th in 2019), the 1,639th most popular biography from France (up from 1,841st in 2019) and the 61st most popular French Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, André Jolivet ranks 386 out of 1,451. Before him are Louis Durey, Nikolai Medtner, Ferdinando Carulli, Christian Gottlob Neefe, Giovanni Bottesini, and Joaquín Turina. After him are Cole Porter, Jacobus Gallus, Johann Adam Reincken, Giovanni Legrenzi, Richard Rodgers, and Charles Koechlin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, André Jolivet ranks 70. Before him are Erika Mann, Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark, Otto Preminger, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Sebastian Shaw, and Barnett Newman. After him are Nikolai Tikhonov, Gareth Jones, Jigme Wangchuck, Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, Federica Montseny, and Heinz Lammerding. Among people deceased in 1974, André Jolivet ranks 47. Before him are Hilda Gadea, Farid al-Atrash, Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta, Frank Martin, Creighton Abrams, and Anatole Litvak. After him are Vasily Shukshin, Franz Jonas, Salvador Puig Antich, Helmuth Koinigg, Everaldo, and Vannevar Bush.

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In France

Among people born in France, André Jolivet ranks 1,639 out of 6,770. Before him are Alain Cuny (1908), Joan I, Countess of Auvergne (1326), Michel Bouquet (1925), Lucien Petit-Breton (1882), Philippe Soupault (1897), and Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest (1784). After him are Joseph-Nicolas Delisle (1688), Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde (1735), Étienne François, duc de Choiseul (1719), Aymon, Count of Savoy (1291), Charlotte Bonaparte (1802), and Gérard Houllier (1947).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, André Jolivet ranks 61. Before him are Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766), Louis Marchand (1669), Antoine Busnois (1430), Jean-François Le Sueur (1760), Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676), and Louis Durey (1888). After him are Charles Koechlin (1867), Henri Dutilleux (1916), Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689), Maurice Duruflé (1902), Georges Delerue (1925), and Mélanie Bonis (1858).

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