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François-Joseph Fétis

1784 - 1871

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François-Joseph Fétis (French: [fetis]; 25 March 1784 – 26 March 1871) was a Belgian musicologist, critic, teacher and composer. He was among the most influential music intellectuals in continental Europe. His enormous compilation of biographical data in the Biographie universelle des musiciens remains an important source of information today. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. François-Joseph Fétis is the 670th most popular composer (down from 531st in 2019), the 353rd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 263rd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Belgian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, François-Joseph Fétis ranks 670 out of 1,451. Before him are Stevan Mokranjac, Paul Wranitzky, Jean-François Dandrieu, Curt Sachs, Wilhelm Kienzl, and Elfrida Andrée. After him are Sergei Lyapunov, Myroslav Skoryk, Antônio Carlos Gomes, Andrea Falconieri, Jacob van Eyck, and Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1784, François-Joseph Fétis ranks 33. Before him are Louise Lehzen, Sándor Kőrösi Csoma, Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, William Buckland, and George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe. After him are Duke George of Oldenburg, Archduke Louis of Austria, Juan Antonio Lavalleja, George Onslow, Duchess Maria Elisabeth in Bavaria, and Denis Davydov. Among people deceased in 1871, François-Joseph Fétis ranks 30. Before him are Moritz von Schwind, Filippo Taglioni, Robert Chambers, Étienne Constantin de Gerlache, Pierre Leroux, and Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail. After him are Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt, Roderick Murchison, Henriette d'Angeville, Jeanne Villepreux-Power, Prince Gaetan, Count of Girgenti, and József Eötvös.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, François-Joseph Fétis ranks 353 out of 1,190. Before him are Jan Porcellis (1583), Lambert Lombard (1505), Wilfried Van Moer (1945), George Albert Boulenger (1858), Charles Eugène de Croÿ (1651), and Herri met de Bles (1480). After him are Pierre Harmel (1911), Amélie Nothomb (1967), Louis Philippe, Crown Prince of Belgium (1833), Heinrich von Veldeke (1150), Godfrey I, Count of Namur (1068), and François de Cuvilliés (1695).

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Among COMPOSERS In Belgium

Among composers born in Belgium, François-Joseph Fétis ranks 23. Before him are Johannes Tinctoris (1435), Pierre de la Rue (1460), Jean Absil (1893), Philippe Herreweghe (1947), Johannes Ciconia (1370), and Guillaume Lekeu (1870). After him are Giaches de Wert (1535), Joseph Jongen (1873), Hucbald (840), Peter Benoit (1834), Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens (1823), and Wim Mertens (1953).

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