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Clément Janequin

1485 - 1558

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Clément Janequin (c. 1485 – 1558) was a French composer of the Renaissance. He was one of the most famous composers of popular chansons of the entire Renaissance, and along with Claudin de Sermisy, was hugely influential in the development of the Parisian chanson, especially the programmatic type. The wide spread of his fame was made possible by the concurrent development of music printing. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Clément Janequin is the 340th most popular composer (down from 307th in 2019), the 1,424th most popular biography from France (down from 1,404th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular French Composer.

Clément Janequin is most famous for his chansons, which are a type of French song.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Clément Janequin ranks 340 out of 1,451. Before him are Luca Marenzio, Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov, Johann van Beethoven, Irving Berlin, Klaus Schulze, and Georg Benda. After him are Ignaz Pleyel, Michael Nyman, Francesco Gasparini, Sergei Taneyev, Francesco Durante, and Luigi Dallapiccola.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1485, Clément Janequin ranks 9. Before him are Dragut, Giovanni da Verrazzano, Thomas Cromwell, Pedro de Alvarado, Sebastiano del Piombo, and Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg. After him are Sayyida al Hurra, Johannes Bugenhagen, Balthasar Hubmaier, Joos van Cleve, Giovanni Battista Ramusio, and Wolf Huber. Among people deceased in 1558, Clément Janequin ranks 7. Before him are Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Mary I of England, Hurrem Sultan, Mary of Hungary, Eleanor of Austria, and Julius Caesar Scaliger. After him are Robert Recorde, Johannes Bugenhagen, Reginald Pole, Francisco de Sá de Miranda, Anna van Egmont, and Georg I, Count of Württemberg-Mömpelgard.

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In France

Among people born in France, Clément Janequin ranks 1,424 out of 6,770. Before him are Gundobad (500), Cardinal de Rohan (1734), Léon Bloy (1846), Émile Waldteufel (1837), Theobald II, Count of Champagne (1093), and Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine (1670). After him are Petrus Ramus (1515), Ansegisel (602), Louis de Bonald (1754), Michèle Mouton (1951), Emmanuel Mounier (1905), and Geneviève Grad (1944).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Clément Janequin ranks 52. Before him are Jacques Ibert (1890), Emmanuel Chabrier (1841), Louis-Claude Daquin (1694), Gustave Charpentier (1860), Georges Auric (1899), and André Campra (1660). After him are Germaine Tailleferre (1892), Michel Richard Delalande (1657), Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766), Louis Marchand (1669), Antoine Busnois (1430), and Jean-François Le Sueur (1760).

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