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Ernest Chausson

1855 - 1899

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Amédée-Ernest Chausson (French: [ʃosɔ̃]; 20 January 1855 – 10 June 1899) was a French Romantic composer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernest Chausson is the 231st most popular composer (down from 222nd in 2019), the 1,020th most popular biography from France (up from 1,040th in 2019) and the 38th most popular French Composer.

Ernest Chausson is most famous for his orchestral work "Poème" for violin and orchestra.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Ernest Chausson ranks 231 out of 1,451. Before him are Fromental Halévy, Benedetto Marcello, Franz Xaver Süssmayr, Lili Boulanger, Philippe de Vitry, and Ernest Bloch. After him are Jacob Clemens non Papa, Scott Joplin, Ernst von Dohnányi, Carl Reinecke, Angelo Badalamenti, and Albert Roussel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1855, Ernest Chausson ranks 11. Before him are Émile Verhaeren, Houston Stewart Chamberlain, Otto Liman von Sanders, John Browning, Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, and Percival Lowell. After him are Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, Paul Deschanel, Eleanor Marx, Robert M. La Follette, Arthur Nikisch, and Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal. Among people deceased in 1899, Ernest Chausson ranks 9. Before him are Robert Bunsen, Leo von Caprivi, Félix Faure, Paul Reuter, Rosa Bonheur, and Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma. After him are Sophus Lie, Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia, Horatio Alger, Giovanni Segantini, Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, and Ludwig Büchner.

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In France

Among people born in France, Ernest Chausson ranks 1,020 out of 6,770. Before him are Roger Etchegaray (1922), Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907), Robert Doisneau (1912), Joseph Liouville (1809), Georges Bernanos (1888), and Louis Desaix (1768). After him are Charlotte of Savoy (1441), Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836), Victoire of France (1733), Étienne Cabet (1788), Philip II, Duke of Savoy (1438), and Theudebert II (585).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Ernest Chausson ranks 38. Before him are François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775), Charles-Marie Widor (1844), Pauline Viardot (1821), Fromental Halévy (1799), Lili Boulanger (1893), and Philippe de Vitry (1291). After him are Albert Roussel (1869), Marcel Dupré (1886), Ambroise Thomas (1811), Cécile Chaminade (1857), Francis Lai (1932), and Vincent d'Indy (1851).

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