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Gabriel Fauré

1845 - 1924

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Gabriel Urbain Fauré (12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers. Among his best-known works are his Pavane, Requiem, Sicilienne, nocturnes for piano and the songs "Après un rêve" and "Clair de lune". Although his best-known and most accessible compositions are generally his earlier ones, Fauré composed many of his most highly regarded works in his later years, in a more harmonically and melodically complex style. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gabriel Fauré is the 63rd most popular composer (up from 73rd in 2019), the 232nd most popular biography from France (up from 292nd in 2019) and the 10th most popular French Composer.

Gabriel Fauré is most famous for his piano compositions.

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Among composers, Gabriel Fauré ranks 63 out of 1,451. Before him are Guillaume Du Fay, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Gounod, Anton Webern, and Erik Satie. After him are Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Henry Purcell, Dieterich Buxtehude, Carl Orff, Vangelis, and Astor Piazzolla.

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Among people born in 1845, Gabriel Fauré ranks 6. Before him are Wilhelm Röntgen, Alexander III of Russia, Ludwig II of Bavaria, Gabriel Lippmann, and Georg Cantor. After him are George I of Greece, Élie Metchnikoff, Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, Amadeo I of Spain, Ludwig III of Bavaria, and Carl Spitteler. Among people deceased in 1924, Gabriel Fauré ranks 9. Before him are Giacomo Puccini, Anatole France, Woodrow Wilson, Louis Sullivan, Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, and Joseph Conrad. After him are Alfred Marshall, Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant, Bogd Khan, Carl Spitteler, and Frances Hodgson Burnett.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gabriel Fauré ranks 232 out of 6,770. Before him are Alfred Sisley (1839), Gustave Doré (1832), Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (1713), Michel Platini (1955), Louis, Grand Dauphin (1661), and Joseph Bonaparte (1768). After him are Christian Dior (1905), Augustin-Louis Cauchy (1789), Gilles Deleuze (1925), Richard II of England (1367), Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796), and Frédéric Mistral (1830).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Gabriel Fauré ranks 10. Before him are Georges Bizet (1838), Claude Debussy (1862), Camille Saint-Saëns (1835), Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683), Charles Gounod (1818), and Erik Satie (1866). After him are François Couperin (1668), Jules Massenet (1842), Josquin des Prez (1450), Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1645), Olivier Messiaen (1908), and Pierre Boulez (1925).

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