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Claude Balbastre

1724 - 1799

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Claude Balbastre (8 December 1724 – 9 May 1799) was a French composer, organist, harpsichordist and fortepianist. He was one of the most famous musicians of his time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Claude Balbastre is the 678th most popular composer (up from 744th in 2019), the 2,811th most popular biography from France (up from 3,028th in 2019) and the 101st most popular French Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Claude Balbastre ranks 678 out of 1,451. Before him are Myroslav Skoryk, Antônio Carlos Gomes, Andrea Falconieri, Jacob van Eyck, Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, and Francesco Canova da Milano. After him are Hans Rott, Adolf Wiklund, Francisco Guerrero, Joseph Hellmesberger Jr., Jeremiah Clarke, and Oskar Merikanto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1724, Claude Balbastre ranks 20. Before him are Franz Aepinus, Eva Ekeblad, Johann Nepomuk Karl, Prince of Liechtenstein, George Stubbs, Franz Anton Maulbertsch, and Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne. After him are William, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe, Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf, John Smeaton, Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, Gottfried Heinrich Bach, and Anton Friedrich Büsching. Among people deceased in 1799, Claude Balbastre ranks 23. Before him are Jan Ingenhousz, Jean-Charles de Borda, Étienne-Louis Boullée, Barthélemy Catherine Joubert, Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz, and Marcus Elieser Bloch. After him are Pierre Charles Le Monnier, Patrick Henry, Johann Hedwig, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine, William Curtis, and Jean-Étienne Montucla.

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In France

Among people born in France, Claude Balbastre ranks 2,811 out of 6,770. Before him are Théophile de Viau (1590), Yves Allégret (1907), Amaury de Montfort (1192), Félix Ziem (1821), Georges Cadoudal (1771), and Emmanuel Frémiet (1824). After him are Bernard de Montfaucon (1655), Cécile Aubry (1928), Maurice Joly (1829), Jacques Ozanam (1640), Marie-Thérèse Walter (1909), and Georges Wilson (1921).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Claude Balbastre ranks 101. Before him are Jean-Féry Rebel (1666), Pierre Henry (1927), Antoine Forqueray (1671), François Sudre (1787), Charles Lecocq (1832), and Jean-François Dandrieu (1682). After him are Maurice Emmanuel (1862), Augusta Holmès (1847), Michel Corrette (1707), Benjamin Godard (1849), Michel Blavet (1700), and Pierre Attaingnant (1494).

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