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Jean Absil

1893 - 1974

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Jean Absil (23 October 1893 – 2 February 1974) was a Belgian composer, organist, and professor at the Brussels Conservatoire. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Absil is the 517th most popular composer (down from 466th in 2019), the 259th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 224th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Belgian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Jean Absil ranks 517 out of 1,451. Before him are Johann Ludwig Bach, Luis Bacalov, Bill Conti, Leroy Anderson, Jean Françaix, and Reinhard Keiser. After him are Nicolas-Charles Bochsa, Franck Pourcel, Maddalena Casulana, Léon Boëllmann, Francesco Maria Veracini, and Albéric Magnard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Jean Absil ranks 87. Before him are Leonarda Cianciulli, Luigi Carlo Borromeo, Armand Călinescu, Marianne Brandt, Frederick William Franz, and Bai Chongxi. After him are Merian C. Cooper, Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen, Gaston Julia, Nestor Lakoba, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Clark Ashton Smith. Among people deceased in 1974, Jean Absil ranks 68. Before him are Samuel Goldwyn, James J. Braddock, Nikolai Kuznetsov, Josef Krips, Lajos Zilahy, and Eurico Gaspar Dutra. After him are René Spitz, Gino Cervi, Donald Crisp, Pavel Bermondt-Avalov, Bill Finger, and Jean Daniélou.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jean Absil ranks 259 out of 1,190. Before him are Philippe Thys (1889), Hendrick van Balen the Elder (1570), Justus van Gent (1430), Erasmus Quellinus the Younger (1607), Thierry Boutsen (1957), and Rik Van Steenbergen (1924). After him are Jodocus Hondius (1563), Chrodegang (715), Clemens August of Bavaria (1700), Eden Hazard (1991), Justus Sustermans (1597), and Jean Rey (1902).

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Among COMPOSERS In Belgium

Among composers born in Belgium, Jean Absil ranks 19. Before him are Cipriano de Rore (1515), Heinrich Isaac (1450), Alexander Agricola (1446), Charles Auguste de Bériot (1802), Johannes Tinctoris (1435), and Pierre de la Rue (1460). After him are Philippe Herreweghe (1947), Johannes Ciconia (1370), Guillaume Lekeu (1870), François-Joseph Fétis (1784), Giaches de Wert (1535), and Joseph Jongen (1873).

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