COMPOSER

François Devienne

1759 - 1803

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François Devienne (French: [dəvjɛn]; 31 January 1759 – 5 September 1803) was a French composer of the Classical period and professor for flute at the Paris Conservatory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. François Devienne is the 597th most popular composer (down from 592nd in 2019), the 2,449th most popular biography from France (up from 2,464th in 2019) and the 91st most popular French Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, François Devienne ranks 597 out of 1,451. Before him are Evald Aav, Tommaso Traetta, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Claude Goudimel, Antonia Brico, and Ivan Zajc. After him are Johann Schobert, John Bull, Johann Andreas Stein, Helmut Lachenmann, Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini, and Ernest Guiraud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1759, François Devienne ranks 23. Before him are Friedrich August Wolf, Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg, William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Jacques Cathelineau, Dean Mahomed, and Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach. After him are Johann Christian Reil, Matsudaira Sadanobu, Franz Krommer, Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths, Ferenc Kazinczy, and Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein. Among people deceased in 1803, François Devienne ranks 19. Before him are Louis Claude de Saint-Martin, Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Xenia of Saint Petersburg, Samuel Adams, Pōmare I, and Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II. After him are Gottfried van Swieten, William Hamilton, Maria Fortunata d'Este, Kirill Razumovski, Prince Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland, and Sylvain Maréchal.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Devienne ranks 2,449 out of 6,770. Before him are Yann Tiersen (1970), Marie Bracquemond (1840), Isabelle Aubret (1938), Édouard René de Laboulaye (1811), René Caillié (1799), and Aurore Clément (1945). After him are Pierre Lemaitre (1951), François Blondel (1618), Charles Cousin-Montauban, Comte de Palikao (1796), Gaston III, Count of Foix (1331), Louis Armand I, Prince of Conti (1661), and Boso, Margrave of Tuscany (885).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, François Devienne ranks 91. Before him are Louise Farrenc (1804), Alexandre Desplat (1961), Hervé (1825), Jacques-Martin Hotteterre (1673), Ferdinand Hérold (1791), and Claude Goudimel (1514). After 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).

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