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Florent Schmitt

1870 - 1958

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Florent Schmitt (French pronunciation: [flɔʁã ʃmit]; 28 September 1870 – 17 August 1958) was a French composer. He was part of the group known as Les Apaches. His most famous pieces are La tragédie de Salome and Psaume XLVII (Psalm 47). He has been described as "one of the most fascinating of France's lesser-known classical composers". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Florent Schmitt is the 481st most popular composer (up from 484th in 2019), the 2,053rd most popular biography from France (down from 2,050th in 2019) and the 74th most popular French Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Florent Schmitt ranks 481 out of 1,451. Before him are Rodion Shchedrin, Vítězslav Novák, Adolf von Henselt, Oscar Straus, Paolo Tosti, and Vicente Martín y Soler. After him are Fikret Amirov, Claudio Merulo, Théodore Dubois, Johann Crüger, André Messager, and Danny Elfman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Florent Schmitt ranks 58. Before him are Princess Henriette of Belgium, Leopold Godowsky, Aleksandr Kuprin, Archduchess Louise of Austria, Vítězslav Novák, and Oscar Straus. After him are François Georges-Picot, Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria, Alexandre Benois, Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria, Herbert Kilpin, and Annie Londonderry. Among people deceased in 1958, Florent Schmitt ranks 47. Before him are Duncan Edwards, Prince Oskar of Prussia, Princess Louise of Orléans, Johnston McCulley, Otto Abetz, and Infanta Eulalia of Spain. After him are Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria, Christabel Pankhurst, Luigi Musso, Johannes R. Becher, Mikhail Zoshchenko, and Pierre-Étienne Flandin.

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In France

Among people born in France, Florent Schmitt ranks 2,053 out of 6,770. Before him are Sacha Distel (1933), Francis Jammes (1868), Robert Pires (1973), Michel Rocard (1930), Raymond Roussel (1877), and François-Marie Raoult (1830). After him are Jean Girault (1924), Joseph Monier (1823), Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (1257), Théodore Dubois (1837), Wilfred the Hairy (840), and Beatrice of Lorraine (1017).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Florent Schmitt ranks 74. Before him are Georg Muffat (1653), Yo-Yo Ma (1955), Alexandre Guilmant (1837), Gabriel Pierné (1863), Jaufre Rudel (1125), and Étienne Méhul (1763). After him are Théodore Dubois (1837), André Messager (1853), Jehan Alain (1911), Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe (1640), Jean Françaix (1912), and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa (1789).

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