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Ferdinand Hérold

1791 - 1833

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Louis Joseph Ferdinand Herold (28 January 1791 – 19 January 1833), better known as Ferdinand Hérold (pronounced [fɛʁdinɑ̃ eʁɔld]), was a French composer. He was celebrated in his lifetime for his operas, of which he composed more than twenty, but he also wrote ballet music, works for piano and choral pieces. He is best known today for the ballet La Fille mal gardée and the overture to the opera Zampa. Born in Paris to a musical family, Hérold trained at the Paris Conservatoire and won France's premier musical prize, the Prix de Rome in 1812. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ferdinand Hérold is the 587th most popular composer (up from 651st in 2019), the 2,398th most popular biography from France (up from 2,702nd in 2019) and the 89th most popular French Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Ferdinand Hérold ranks 587 out of 1,451. Before him are Johann Christoph Pepusch, Amy Beach, Hervé, Tikhon Khrennikov, Manos Hatzidakis, and Jacques-Martin Hotteterre. After him are Morton Feldman, Pasquale Anfossi, Sebastián Iradier, Evald Aav, Tommaso Traetta, and Sigfrid Karg-Elert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1791, Ferdinand Hérold ranks 24. Before him are Peter Cooper, Friedrich Parrot, Alexandros Mavrokordatos, Minh Mạng, George Peacock, and Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas. After him are William Elford Leach, Henryk Dembiński, Sergey Aksakov, Anne Lister, Friedrich von Gärtner, and Jan Svatopluk Presl. Among people deceased in 1833, Ferdinand Hérold ranks 23. Before him are Abbas Mirza, Adamantios Korais, Michał Kleofas Ogiński, Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel, René Louiche Desfontaines, and Antoni Radziwiłł. After him are Rahel Varnhagen, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Ivan Martinov, Nannette Streicher, Yagan, and Fausto Elhuyar.

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In France

Among people born in France, Ferdinand Hérold ranks 2,398 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacques-Martin Hotteterre (1673), Augustin Thierry (1795), Henri Breuil (1877), Albert Gleizes (1881), Dominique Vandamme (1770), and Hugues-Bernard Maret, duc de Bassano (1763). After him are Gonzalo Higuaín (1987), Francis Garnier (1839), Guillaume Canet (1973), Louise Abbéma (1853), Philippe Chatrier (1926), and Jean Daniélou (1905).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Ferdinand Hérold ranks 89. Before him are Albéric Magnard (1865), Henri Duparc (1848), Louise Farrenc (1804), Alexandre Desplat (1961), Hervé (1825), and Jacques-Martin Hotteterre (1673). After him are Claude Goudimel (1514), François Devienne (1759), Jean-Joseph de Mondonville (1711), Antoine François Marmontel (1816), Louis Couperin (1626), and Jean-Féry Rebel (1666).

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