COMPOSER

Gérard Grisey

1946 - 1998

Photo of Gérard Grisey

Icon of person Gérard Grisey

Gérard Henri Grisey (; French: [ɡʁizɛ]; 17 June 1946 – 11 November 1998) was a twentieth-century French composer of contemporary classical music. His work is often associated with the Spectralist Movement in music, of which he was a major pioneer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gérard Grisey is the 905th most popular composer (up from 918th in 2019), the 3,534th most popular biography from France (up from 3,559th in 2019) and the 131st most popular French Composer.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Gérard Grisey by language

Loading...

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Gérard Grisey ranks 905 out of 1,451. Before him are Werner Egk, Helmut Walcha, Petrus de Cruce, Paul Dessau, Klaus Huber, and Vissarion Shebalin. After him are Heinrich Albert, Déodat de Séverac, Leo Fall, Claudin de Sermisy, Daniel Alomía Robles, and Leevi Madetoja.

Most Popular Composers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Gérard Grisey ranks 368. Before him are Daniel Bensaïd, Lana Wood, Carol Dweck, Salif Keïta, Robert Mercer, and Robert Gadocha. After him are Bernard Maris, Daouda Malam Wanké, Gordon Murray, Davorin Popović, Eliades Ochoa, and Slobodan Santrač. Among people deceased in 1998, Gérard Grisey ranks 152. Before him are Samuel Eilenberg, Edwige Feuillère, Anatoly Rybakov, Keisuke Kinoshita, Antonio Saura, and Haroun Tazieff. After him are Bertil Nordahl, John Chadwick, Josep Escolà, Roy Rogers, Ludvík Daněk, and Eva Bartok.

Others Born in 1946

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1998

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In France

Among people born in France, Gérard Grisey ranks 3,534 out of 6,770. Before him are Charles Antoine Lemaire (1800), Ingelger (900), Georges Franju (1912), Christophe (1945), Wojciech Kossak (1856), and Jean Ragnotti (1945). After him are Laetitia Casta (1978), Déodat de Séverac (1872), Jean Joseph Mounier (1758), Libéral Bruant (1636), Bernard Maris (1946), and Jean-Claude Izzo (1945).

Others born in France

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Gérard Grisey ranks 131. Before him are Joseph Canteloube (1879), Jeanne Demessieux (1921), Robert Planquette (1848), André Gedalge (1856), Édouard Colonne (1838), and Petrus de Cruce (1300). After him are Déodat de Séverac (1872), Claudin de Sermisy (1490), François Francoeur (1698), Antoine Brumel (1460), Victor Massé (1822), and Henri Sauguet (1901).

French born Composers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous