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François-Adrien Boieldieu

1775 - 1834

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François-Adrien Boieldieu (pronounced [fʁɑ̃.swa a.dʁi.(j)ɛ̃ bɔ.jɛl.djø], also [bwa(.ɛ)l.djø]) (16 December 1775 – 8 October 1834) was a French composer, mainly of operas, often called "the French Mozart".. Although his reputation is largely based upon his operas, Boieldieu composed other works and among them, his Harp Concerto in C (1800–1801) is a masterpiece of the harp repertory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. François-Adrien Boieldieu is the 182nd most popular composer (up from 296th in 2019), the 852nd most popular biography from France (up from 1,346th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular French Composer.

François-Adrien Boieldieu is most famous for composing the opera La Dame Blanche, which was first performed in 1825.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, François-Adrien Boieldieu ranks 182 out of 1,451. Before him are Max Reger, Giuseppe Torelli, Francesco Cavalli, Siegfried Wagner, Gustav Holst, and Philip Glass. After him are Michael Haydn, Baldassare Galuppi, Vincenzo Galilei, Reinhold Glière, Louis Spohr, and Ferruccio Busoni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1775, François-Adrien Boieldieu ranks 12. Before him are Ching Shih, Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême, Lucien Bonaparte, Eugène François Vidocq, Carlota Joaquina of Spain, and Matthew Lewis. After him are Étienne-Louis Malus, Georg Friedrich Grotefend, Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger, Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, Adam Albert von Neipperg, and Louisa Adams. Among people deceased in 1834, François-Adrien Boieldieu ranks 8. Before him are Thomas Robert Malthus, Pedro I of Brazil, Friedrich Schleiermacher, Joseph Marie Jacquard, Sunjo of Joseon, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. After him are Alois Senefelder, Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, Karl Ludwig Harding, Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, William Carey, and Jacques Balmat.

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In France

Among people born in France, François-Adrien Boieldieu ranks 852 out of 6,770. Before him are Lorin Maazel (1930), Félix Guattari (1930), Marie de France (1101), Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse (1741), Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755), and Mylène Demongeot (1935). After him are Lucien Lévy-Bruhl (1857), François Darlan (1881), Louis Nicolas Vauquelin (1763), Robert Curthose (1054), Paul Reynaud (1878), and François Bayrou (1951).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, François-Adrien Boieldieu ranks 32. Before him are Darius Milhaud (1892), Paul Dukas (1865), Marin Marais (1656), Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760), Léonin (1135), and Michel Legrand (1932). After him are Charles-Marie Widor (1844), Pauline Viardot (1821), Fromental Halévy (1799), Lili Boulanger (1893), Philippe de Vitry (1291), and Ernest Chausson (1855).

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