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André Messager

1853 - 1929

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André Charles Prosper Messager (French: [mɛsaʒe]; 30 December 1853 – 24 February 1929) was a French composer, organist, pianist and conductor. His compositions include eight ballets and thirty opéras comiques, opérettes and other stage works, among which his ballet Les Deux Pigeons (1886) and opéra comique Véronique (1898) have had lasting success; Les p'tites Michu (1897) and Monsieur Beaucaire (1919) were also popular internationally. Messager took up the piano as a small child and later studied composition with, among others, Camille Saint-Saëns and Gabriel Fauré. He became a major figure in the musical life of Paris and later London, both as a conductor and a composer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. André Messager is the 486th most popular composer (up from 1,205th in 2019), the 2,064th most popular biography from France (up from 4,552nd in 2019) and the 76th most popular French Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, André Messager ranks 486 out of 1,451. Before him are Vicente Martín y Soler, Florent Schmitt, Fikret Amirov, Claudio Merulo, Théodore Dubois, and Johann Crüger. After him are Danny Elfman, Giuseppe Sarti, Rikard Nordraak, Thomas Arne, Gian Francesco Malipiero, and Princess Cecilia of Sweden.

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Among people born in 1853, André Messager ranks 35. Before him are Miguel, Duke of Braganza, Flinders Petrie, Antonio Salandra, Vladimir Korolenko, Vladimir Shukhov, and Pierre Paul Émile Roux. After him are Roberto Ferruzzi, Sophia Perovskaya, Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Wilhelm Dörpfeld, Ian Hamilton, and Nikolai Kibalchich. Among people deceased in 1929, André Messager ranks 42. Before him are Jan Baudouin de Courtenay, Rainis, Liang Qichao, Maurice Sarrail, Manuel Gomes da Costa, and Stepa Stepanović. After him are La Goulue, Enrico Ferri, Jacek Malczewski, Herman Potočnik, Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia, and Tanaka Giichi.

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In France

Among people born in France, André Messager ranks 2,064 out of 6,770. Before him are Théodore Dubois (1837), Wilfred the Hairy (840), Beatrice of Lorraine (1017), Christiane Martel (1936), Rose Bertin (1747), and François Georges-Picot (1870). After him are François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy (1644), Charles Huntziger (1880), Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne (1498), Pierre Hadot (1922), Julien Gracq (1910), and Henri Estienne (1528).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, André Messager ranks 76. Before him are Alexandre Guilmant (1837), Gabriel Pierné (1863), Jaufre Rudel (1125), Étienne Méhul (1763), Florent Schmitt (1870), and Théodore Dubois (1837). After him are Jehan Alain (1911), Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe (1640), Jean Françaix (1912), Nicolas-Charles Bochsa (1789), Franck Pourcel (1913), and Léon Boëllmann (1862).

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