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Gustave Charpentier

1860 - 1956

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Gustave Charpentier (French: [ɡystav ʃaʁpɑ̃tje]; 25 June 1860 – 18 February 1956) was a French composer, best known for his opera Louise. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gustave Charpentier is the 305th most popular composer (up from 330th in 2019), the 1,299th most popular biography from France (up from 1,512th in 2019) and the 49th most popular French Composer.

Gustave Charpentier is most famous for his opera "Louise."

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Gustave Charpentier ranks 305 out of 1,451. Before him are Johann Jakob Froberger, Francesco Geminiani, Martin Agricola, Johann Baptist Wanhal, Stephen Schwartz, and Dimitri Tiomkin. After him are Pierre De Geyter, Max Steiner, Niccolò Jommelli, Gustav Leonhardt, Antonio Lotti, and Johann Mattheson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, Gustave Charpentier ranks 35. Before him are Vito Volterra, Marianne von Werefkin, Otto Jespersen, Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia, Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia, and Karl Denke. After him are Paul Ulrich Villard, Mercedes of Orléans, Gyula Andrássy the Younger, Waldemar Haffkine, Isaac Levitan, and Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis. Among people deceased in 1956, Gustave Charpentier ranks 42. Before him are Alfredo Ferrari, Joseph Wirth, August Kubizek, Yakub Kolas, Jan Łukasiewicz, and Gianpiero Combi. After him are Lyonel Feininger, Juan Negrín, Marie Laurencin, Harold Bride, Mistinguett, and Alben W. Barkley.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gustave Charpentier ranks 1,299 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Marie Leclair (1697), Catherine de Bourbon (1559), Louis, Duke of Guyenne (1397), André Maginot (1877), Raymond Poulidor (1936), and Georges Prêtre (1924). After him are André Weil (1906), John III of Navarre (1477), Elif Shafak (1971), Philip, Duke of Orléans (1336), Armand David (1826), and Alain-Fournier (1886).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Gustave Charpentier ranks 49. Before him are Francis Lai (1932), Vincent d'Indy (1851), Pierre Schaeffer (1910), Jacques Ibert (1890), Emmanuel Chabrier (1841), and Louis-Claude Daquin (1694). After him are Georges Auric (1899), André Campra (1660), Clément Janequin (1485), Germaine Tailleferre (1892), Michel Richard Delalande (1657), and Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766).

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