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Henri Tomasi

1901 - 1971

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Henri Frédien Tomasi (pronounced [ɑ̃ʁi fʁedjɛ̃ tomazi]; 17 August 1901 – 13 January 1971) was a French classical composer and conductor. He was noted for compositions such as In Praise of Folly, Nuclear Era and The Silence of the Sea. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henri Tomasi is the 854th most popular composer (up from 878th in 2019), the 3,327th most popular biography from France (up from 3,445th in 2019) and the 121st most popular French Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Henri Tomasi ranks 854 out of 1,451. Before him are Aimeric de Peguilhan, Temistocle Solera, Alfred Bruneau, Mateo Flecha, Alexander Spendiaryan, and Xavier Montsalvatge. After him are Claude Le Jeune, Johann Walter, Henri Rabaud, Louis Niedermeyer, Heinrich Bach, and Alexei Lvov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Henri Tomasi ranks 158. Before him are Antal Szerb, György Orth, Prince Christoph of Hesse, George Raft, Kwon Ki-ok, and Agostinho Fortes Filho. After him are André Parrot, Lanza del Vasto, Ebbe Schwartz, Sergei Tumansky, Kurt Jooss, and Dmitry Lelyushenko. Among people deceased in 1971, Henri Tomasi ranks 109. Before him are Thomas E. Dewey, Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Broncho Billy Anderson, Péter Szondi, Phil Edwards, and Lester Germer. After him are Edith Tolkien, William Tubman, Walter Byron, Ignazio Giunti, Frank Loomis, and Franz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis.

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In France

Among people born in France, Henri Tomasi ranks 3,327 out of 6,770. Before him are Claude Pompidou (1912), Irène Jacob (1966), Matthias de l'Obel (1538), Camille Guérin (1872), Georges Hébert (1875), and Josiane Balasko (1950). After him are Frédéric Mitterrand (1947), Claude Le Jeune (1528), Pierre Arditi (1944), Henri Rabaud (1873), Édouard Le Roy (1870), and Gérard Jugnot (1951).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Henri Tomasi ranks 121. Before him are Guy Ropartz (1864), Henri-Montan Berton (1767), Nicolas Gombert (1495), Edmond Audran (1840), Aimeric de Peguilhan (1200), and Alfred Bruneau (1857). After him are Claude Le Jeune (1528), Henri Rabaud (1873), Loyset Compère (1440), Joseph Canteloube (1879), Jeanne Demessieux (1921), and Robert Planquette (1848).

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