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François Sudre

1787 - 1862

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Jean-François Sudre, also written Sudré (15 August 1787 – 3 October 1862), was a violinist, composer and music teacher who invented a musical language called la Langue musicale universelle or Solrésol. Sudre was born in Albi in southern France on 15 August 1787. He studied music as a child and, at the age of eighteen, was admitted to the Conservatoire de Paris on 12 May 1806, where he studied violin under François Habeneck and harmony under Charles Simon Catel. Sudre created a group of musicians who were attempting to develop a way of transmitting language through music. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. François Sudre is the 655th most popular composer (up from 1,067th in 2019), the 2,728th most popular biography from France (up from 4,108th in 2019) and the 98th most popular French Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, François Sudre ranks 655 out of 1,451. Before him are Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev, Karol Lipiński, Basil Poledouris, Spyridon Samaras, Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, and Herms Niel. After him are Heinz Holliger, Ildebrando Pizzetti, Boris Blacher, Andrzej Panufnik, Anton Walter, and Agustín Lara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1787, François Sudre ranks 24. Before him are Christian Ludwig Brehm, James Weddell, Eléonore Denuelle de La Plaigne, Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse, Delphine LaLaurie, and Friedrich Krupp. After him are Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi, Eliza Poe, Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo, Mathieu Orfila, Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen, and William Etty. Among people deceased in 1862, François Sudre ranks 27. Before him are Jeanne Duval, Johann Nestroy, Simon Fraser, Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria, Hon'inbō Shūsaku, and Peter Barlow. After him are Ignacio Zaragoza, Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo, Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow, Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz, and Justinus Kerner.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Sudre ranks 2,728 out of 6,770. Before him are André Marty (1886), Pierre Magnol (1638), John III, Duke of Bavaria (1374), Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894), Albert Robida (1848), and Eugène Simon (1848). After him are Henri Pélissier (1889), André Leducq (1904), Henri Mathias Berthelot (1861), Felice Borel (1914), Pierre Dupont de l'Étang (1765), and Conon de Béthune (1150).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, François Sudre ranks 98. Before him are Jean-Joseph de Mondonville (1711), Antoine François Marmontel (1816), Louis Couperin (1626), Jean-Féry Rebel (1666), Pierre Henry (1927), and Antoine Forqueray (1671). After him are Charles Lecocq (1832), Jean-François Dandrieu (1682), Claude Balbastre (1724), Maurice Emmanuel (1862), Augusta Holmès (1847), and Michel Corrette (1707).

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