COMPOSER

Germaine Tailleferre

1892 - 1983

Germaine Tailleferre

Germaine Tailleferre (French: [ʒɛʁmɛn tɑjfɛʁ]; born Marcelle Germaine Taillefesse; 19 April 1892 – 7 November 1983) was a French composer and the only female member of the group of composers known as Les Six. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Germaine Tailleferre is the 347th most popular composer (up from 350th in 2019), the 1,474th most popular biography from France (up from 1,589th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular French Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Germaine Tailleferre ranks 347 out of 1,451. Before her are Ignaz Pleyel, Michael Nyman, Francesco Gasparini, Sergei Taneyev, Francesco Durante, and Luigi Dallapiccola. After her are Riccardo Broschi, Michel Richard Delalande, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Hugo Alfvén, Mieczysław Weinberg, and Samuel Scheidt.

Most Popular Composers in Wikipedia

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Ignaz Pleyel
1757 - 1831
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 341
Michael Nyman
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 342
Francesco Gasparini
1668 - 1727
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 343
Sergei Taneyev
1856 - 1915
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 344
Francesco Durante
1684 - 1755
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 345
Luigi Dallapiccola
1904 - 1975
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 346
Germaine Tailleferre
1892 - 1983
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 347
Riccardo Broschi
1698 - 1756
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 348
Michel Richard Delalande
1657 - 1726
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 349
Ralph Vaughan Williams
1872 - 1958
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 350
Hugo Alfvén
1872 - 1960
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 351
Mieczysław Weinberg
1919 - 1996
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 352
Samuel Scheidt
1587 - 1654
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 353

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Germaine Tailleferre ranks 65. Before her are Erich Auerbach, Mikhail Kirponos, Johannes Frießner, Juan Negrín, Tamon Yamaguchi, and Eiji Yoshikawa. After her are Harry Stack Sullivan, Manuel Roxas, Mikhail Gurevich, Tazio Nuvolari, Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, and Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth. Among people deceased in 1983, Germaine Tailleferre ranks 48. Before her are Georges Auric, Prince Charles, Count of Flanders, Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado, Alberto Ginastera, Robert Aldrich, and Horst Schumann. After her are Dolores del Río, Georges Bidault, Karen Carpenter, Jack Dempsey, Kurt Tank, and Walther Nehring.

Others Born in 1892

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Erich Auerbach
HISTORIAN
1892 - 1957
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 59
Mikhail Kirponos
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1892 - 1941
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 60
Johannes Frießner
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1892 - 1971
HPI: 67.20
Rank: 61
Juan Negrín
POLITICIAN
1892 - 1956
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 62
Tamon Yamaguchi
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1892 - 1942
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 63
Eiji Yoshikawa
WRITER
1892 - 1962
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 64
Germaine Tailleferre
COMPOSER
1892 - 1983
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 65
Harry Stack Sullivan
PSYCHOLOGIST
1892 - 1949
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 66
Manuel Roxas
POLITICIAN
1892 - 1948
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 67
Mikhail Gurevich
ENGINEER
1892 - 1976
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 68
Tazio Nuvolari
RACING DRIVER
1892 - 1953
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 69
Rafael Moreno Aranzadi
SOCCER PLAYER
1892 - 1922
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 70
Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
ASTRONOMER
1892 - 1979
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 71

Others Deceased in 1983

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Georges Auric
COMPOSER
1899 - 1983
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 42
Prince Charles, Count of Flanders
POLITICIAN
1903 - 1983
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 43
Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado
POLITICIAN
1919 - 1983
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 44
Alberto Ginastera
COMPOSER
1916 - 1983
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 45
Robert Aldrich
FILM DIRECTOR
1918 - 1983
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 46
Horst Schumann
PHYSICIAN
1906 - 1983
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 47
Germaine Tailleferre
COMPOSER
1892 - 1983
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 48
Dolores del Río
ACTOR
1905 - 1983
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 49
Georges Bidault
POLITICIAN
1899 - 1983
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 50
Karen Carpenter
SINGER
1950 - 1983
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 51
Jack Dempsey
BOXER
1895 - 1983
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 52
Kurt Tank
ENGINEER
1898 - 1983
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 53
Walther Nehring
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1892 - 1983
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 54

In France

Among people born in France, Germaine Tailleferre ranks 1,474 out of 6,770. Before her are Séraphine Louis (1864), Thibaud Gaudin (1229), François Rude (1784), Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès (1753), Gabriel Bonnot de Mably (1709), and Louis, Count of Vendôme (1376). After her are Édouard Herriot (1872), Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger (1894), Charles I, Duke of Bourbon (1401), André-Louis Debierne (1874), Catherine Spaak (1945), and Bernard Tapie (1943).

Others born in France

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Séraphine Louis
PAINTER
1864 - 1942
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 1,468
Thibaud Gaudin
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1229 - 1292
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 1,469
François Rude
SCULPTOR
1784 - 1855
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 1,470
Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès
POLITICIAN
1753 - 1824
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 1,471
Gabriel Bonnot de Mably
POLITICIAN
1709 - 1785
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 1,472
Louis, Count of Vendôme
NOBLEMAN
1376 - 1446
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 1,473
Germaine Tailleferre
COMPOSER
1892 - 1983
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 1,474
Édouard Herriot
POLITICIAN
1872 - 1957
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 1,475
Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger
POLITICIAN
1894 - 1945
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 1,476
Charles I, Duke of Bourbon
COMPANION
1401 - 1456
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 1,477
André-Louis Debierne
CHEMIST
1874 - 1949
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 1,478
Catherine Spaak
ACTOR
1945 - 2022
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 1,479
Bernard Tapie
POLITICIAN
1943 - 2021
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 1,480