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Daniel Auber

1782 - 1871

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Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (French: [danjɛl fʁɑ̃swa ɛspʁi obɛːʁ]; 29 January 1782 – 12 May 1871) was a French composer and director of the Paris Conservatoire. Born into an artistic family, Auber was at first an amateur composer before he took up writing operas professionally when the family's fortunes failed in 1820. He soon established a professional partnership with the librettist Eugène Scribe that lasted for 41 years and produced 39 operas, most of them commercial and critical successes. He is mostly associated with opéra-comique and composed 35 works in that genre. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Daniel Auber is the 135th most popular composer (down from 127th in 2019), the 589th most popular biography from France (down from 571st in 2019) and the 23rd most popular French Composer.

Daniel Auber is most famous for composing the opera "La Traviata" in 1853.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Daniel Auber ranks 135 out of 1,451. Before him are Anton Rubinstein, Josef Strauss, Krzysztof Penderecki, Benjamin Britten, Giovanni Gabrieli, and Heitor Villa-Lobos. After him are Fanny Mendelssohn, Édouard Lalo, John Field, Franz von Suppé, Sofia Gubaidulina, and Pérotin.

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Among people born in 1782, Daniel Auber ranks 5. Before him are Martin Van Buren, Niccolò Paganini, Friedrich Fröbel, and Daoguang Emperor. After him are John Field, Caroline Bonaparte, Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily, Ivan Paskevich, Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca, Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais, and Archduke John of Austria. Among people deceased in 1871, Daniel Auber ranks 4. Before him are Charles Babbage, John Herschel, and Shamil, 3rd Imam of Dagestan. After him are Augustus De Morgan, Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Michael Thonet, Louise of the Netherlands, Omar Pasha, Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, Anna Atkins, and Sigismond Thalberg.

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In France

Among people born in France, Daniel Auber ranks 589 out of 6,770. Before him are Maurice de Vlaminck (1876), Gaston Bachelard (1884), Yves Klein (1928), Roger Guillemin (1924), Mireille Darc (1938), and Jacques Le Goff (1924). After him are Louis, Grand Condé (1621), Marie-Antoine Carême (1784), Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse (1045), René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683), Edmond Becquerel (1820), and Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Daniel Auber ranks 23. Before him are Francis Poulenc (1899), Arthur Honegger (1892), Léo Delibes (1836), Adolphe Adam (1803), Edgard Varèse (1883), and Maurice Jarre (1924). After him are Édouard Lalo (1823), Pérotin (1160), Darius Milhaud (1892), Paul Dukas (1865), Marin Marais (1656), and Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760).

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