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Fromental Halévy

1799 - 1862

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Jacques-François-Fromental-Élie Halévy, usually known as Fromental Halévy (French: [fʁɔmɑ̃tal alevi]; 27 May 1799 – 17 March 1862), was a French composer. He is known today largely for his opera La Juive. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fromental Halévy is the 225th most popular composer (up from 265th in 2019), the 1,003rd most popular biography from France (up from 1,204th in 2019) and the 35th most popular French Composer.

Fromental Halévy is most famous for his opera La Juive, which is a romantic tragedy.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Fromental Halévy ranks 225 out of 1,451. Before him are Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Josef Suk, Eugène Ysaÿe, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Andrea Gabrieli, and Ludwig Minkus. After him are Benedetto Marcello, Franz Xaver Süssmayr, Lili Boulanger, Philippe de Vitry, Ernest Bloch, and Ernest Chausson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1799, Fromental Halévy ranks 9. Before him are Oscar I of Sweden, Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron, William Lassell, Gustav, Prince of Vasa, Mary Anning, and Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander. After him are Charles II, Duke of Parma, Princess Maria Anna of Saxony, Karl Bryullov, Anna Atkins, Rodolphe Töpffer, and Christian Friedrich Schönbein. Among people deceased in 1862, Fromental Halévy ranks 8. Before him are Bahadur Shah Zafar, Henry David Thoreau, Samuel Colt, John Tyler, Jean-Baptiste Biot, and Mikhail Ostrogradsky. After him are Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, Božena Němcová, James Clark Ross, Princess Maria Antonia Koháry, Robert Knox, and Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows.

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In France

Among people born in France, Fromental Halévy ranks 1,003 out of 6,770. Before him are Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700), Jacques Cassini (1677), Pierre Janet (1859), Claude Jade (1948), Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier (1627), and Bernart de Ventadorn (1135). After him are Eugène Scribe (1791), Joan II, Countess of Burgundy (1292), Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (1725), Jacques Perrin (1941), Caterina Valente (1931), and Lili Boulanger (1893).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Fromental Halévy ranks 35. Before him are Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760), Léonin (1135), Michel Legrand (1932), François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775), Charles-Marie Widor (1844), and Pauline Viardot (1821). After him are Lili Boulanger (1893), Philippe de Vitry (1291), Ernest Chausson (1855), Albert Roussel (1869), Marcel Dupré (1886), and Ambroise Thomas (1811).

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