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Henri Dutilleux

1916 - 2013

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Henri Paul Julien Dutilleux (French: [ɑ̃ʁi dytijø]; 22 January 1916 – 22 May 2013) was a French composer of late 20th-century classical music. Among the leading French composers of his time, his work was rooted in the Impressionistic style of Debussy and Ravel, but in an idiosyncratic, individual style. Among his best known works are his early Flute Sonatine and Piano Sonata; concertos for cello, Tout un monde lointain... ("A whole distant world") and violin, L'arbre des songes ("The tree of dreams"); a string quartet known as Ainsi la nuit ("Thus the night"); and two symphonies: No. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henri Dutilleux is the 394th most popular composer (down from 304th in 2019), the 1,664th most popular biography from France (down from 1,387th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular French Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Henri Dutilleux ranks 394 out of 1,451. Before him are Jacobus Gallus, Johann Adam Reincken, Giovanni Legrenzi, Richard Rodgers, Charles Koechlin, and Karl Richter. After him are Hans Pfitzner, Viktor Ullmann, Mauricio Kagel, Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, Carl Heinrich Graun, and Charles Auguste de Bériot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Henri Dutilleux ranks 63. Before him are Jacque Fresco, Glenn Ford, Lilian, Princess of Réthy, Rafael Caldera, Michael Gough, and Saburō Sakai. After him are Georg Henrik von Wright, Hubert Maga, Lars Korvald, Lung Chien, Hassan Gouled Aptidon, and Léo Ferré. Among people deceased in 2013, Henri Dutilleux ranks 75. Before him are Patrice Chéreau, Nagisa Oshima, Sławomir Mrożek, Ed Lauter, Rossana Podestà, and Roger Ebert. After him are Conrad Bain, Sara Montiel, Bigas Luna, Damiano Damiani, László Csatáry, and Sung Jae-gi.

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In France

Among people born in France, Henri Dutilleux ranks 1,664 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacques I, Prince of Monaco (1689), Yves Congar (1904), Paul Lévy (1886), Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine (953), Alphonse Borrelly (1842), and Alexandre Brongniart (1770). After him are David Trezeguet (1977), César, Duke of Vendôme (1594), Paloma Picasso (1949), Marie Anne Lenormand (1772), Philibert de l'Orme (1514), and Maurice Bucaille (1920).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Henri Dutilleux ranks 63. Before him are Antoine Busnois (1430), Jean-François Le Sueur (1760), Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676), Louis Durey (1888), André Jolivet (1905), and Charles Koechlin (1867). After him are Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689), Maurice Duruflé (1902), Georges Delerue (1925), Mélanie Bonis (1858), Georg Muffat (1653), and Yo-Yo Ma (1955).

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