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Jean Mouton

1459 - 1522

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Jean Mouton (c. 1459 – 30 October 1522) was a French composer of the Renaissance. He was famous both for his motets, which are among the most refined of the time, and for being the teacher of Adrian Willaert, one of the founders of the Venetian School. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Mouton is the 1,015th most popular composer (down from 984th in 2019), the 3,899th most popular biography from France (down from 3,747th in 2019) and the 143rd most popular French Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Jean Mouton ranks 1,015 out of 1,451. Before him are Hermann Goetz, Francesco Araja, Vagn Holmboe, Erkki Aaltonen, Mikael Tariverdiev, and Knut Nystedt. After him are Jāzeps Vītols, Friedrich Kiel, Kenji Kawai, Cristóbal Halffter, Sándor Végh, and Alberto Franchetti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1459, Jean Mouton ranks 17. Before him are Cima da Conegliano, Conrad Celtes, Michael Sittow, Nicholas, Count of Salm, Hadım Sinan Pasha, and John I, Count Palatine of Simmern. After him is Yusuf Adil Shah. Among people deceased in 1522, Jean Mouton ranks 15. Before him are Alain I of Albret, Ramón de Cardona, Johannes Werner, Hans von Kulmbach, Franchinus Gaffurius, and Hayır Bey.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Mouton ranks 3,899 out of 6,770. Before him are Thomas Murner (1475), Guy Marchand (1937), Jérémy Mathieu (1983), Henri Jobier (1879), Maurice Scève (1501), and Pierre André de Suffren (1729). After him are Jeanne Jugan (1792), Esther Duflo (1972), Ernest Lavisse (1842), Daniel Duval (1944), Marcel Cachin (1869), and Eddy Mitchell (1942).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Jean Mouton ranks 143. Before him are Henri Sauguet (1901), Philippe Gaubert (1879), André Cardinal Destouches (1672), Baude Cordier (1364), Robert Cambert (1628), and Édouard Deldevez (1817). After him are Philippe Sarde (1948), Nicolas Dalayrac (1753), Tristan Murail (1947), Paul Taffanel (1844), Philippe Verdelot (null), and Jean Guillou (1930).

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