COMPOSER

Joseph Bodin de Boismortier

1689 - 1755

Joseph Bodin de Boismortier

Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (23 December 1689 – 28 October 1755) was a French baroque composer of instrumental music, cantatas, opéra-ballets, and vocal music. Boismortier was one of the first composers to have no patrons: having obtained a royal licence for engraving music in 1724, he made enormous sums of money by publishing his music for sale to the public. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Bodin de Boismortier is the 407th most popular composer (down from 384th in 2019), the 1,716th most popular biography from France (up from 1,743rd in 2019) and the 64th most popular French Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Joseph Bodin de Boismortier ranks 407 out of 1,451. Before him are Ernst Krenek, Józef Elsner, Eugen Doga, Karl Goldmark, Peter Cornelius, and Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga. After him are Alexander Dargomyzhsky, Gaspar Sanz, Adriano Banchieri, Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Paul Abraham, and Nicolaus Bruhns.

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Ernst Krenek
1900 - 1991
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 401
Józef Elsner
1769 - 1854
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 402
Eugen Doga
1937 - 2025
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 403
Karl Goldmark
1830 - 1915
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 404
Peter Cornelius
1824 - 1874
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 405
Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga
1806 - 1826
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 406
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
1689 - 1755
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 407
Alexander Dargomyzhsky
1813 - 1869
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 408
Gaspar Sanz
1640 - 1710
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 409
Adriano Banchieri
1568 - 1634
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 410
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov
1859 - 1935
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 411
Paul Abraham
1892 - 1960
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 412
Nicolaus Bruhns
1665 - 1697
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 413

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1689, Joseph Bodin de Boismortier ranks 5. Before him are Montesquieu, John V of Portugal, Samuel Richardson, and Jacques I, Prince of Monaco. After him are Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Zahir al-Umar, Samuel Bellamy, Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, Blas de Lezo, Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, and Alexis Piron. Among people deceased in 1755, Joseph Bodin de Boismortier ranks 9. Before him are Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve, Francesco Durante, Johann Georg Gmelin, Gerard Majella, Princess Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach, and Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon. After him are Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Johann Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz, Zhang Tingyu, Philipp Stamma, Edward Braddock, and Stepan Krasheninnikov.

Others Born in 1689

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Montesquieu
PHILOSOPHER
1689 - 1755
HPI: 87.46
Rank: 1
John V of Portugal
POLITICIAN
1689 - 1750
HPI: 71.61
Rank: 2
Samuel Richardson
WRITER
1689 - 1761
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 3
Jacques I, Prince of Monaco
POLITICIAN
1689 - 1751
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 4
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
COMPOSER
1689 - 1755
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 5
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
WRITER
1689 - 1762
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 6
Zahir al-Umar
POLITICIAN
1689 - 1775
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 7
Samuel Bellamy
PIRATE
1689 - 1717
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 8
Prince William, Duke of Gloucester
NOBLEMAN
1689 - 1700
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 9
Blas de Lezo
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1689 - 1741
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 10
Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer
ARCHITECT
1689 - 1751
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 11
Alexis Piron
WRITER
1689 - 1773
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 1755

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Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve
WRITER
1685 - 1755
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 3
Francesco Durante
COMPOSER
1684 - 1755
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 4
Johann Georg Gmelin
GEOGRAPHER
1709 - 1755
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 5
Gerard Majella
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1726 - 1755
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 6
Princess Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach
NOBLEMAN
1682 - 1755
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 7
Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon
WRITER
1675 - 1755
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 8
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
COMPOSER
1689 - 1755
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 9
Jean-Baptiste Oudry
PAINTER
1686 - 1755
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 10
Johann Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz
NOBLEMAN
1686 - 1755
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 11
Zhang Tingyu
POLITICIAN
1672 - 1755
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 12
Philipp Stamma
CHESS PLAYER
1705 - 1755
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 13
Edward Braddock
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1695 - 1755
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 14
Stepan Krasheninnikov
EXPLORER
1711 - 1755
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 15

In France

Among people born in France, Joseph Bodin de Boismortier ranks 1,716 out of 6,770. Before him are Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay (1740), Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours (1489), Anna de Noailles (1876), Arnaud Amalric (1160), Dominique Jean Larrey (1766), and Nicolas Sanson (1600). After him are Jean-Charles de Borda (1733), Nicole-Reine Lepaute (1723), Raymond of Burgundy (1070), Jules Dupré (1811), Aénor de Châtellerault (1103), and Beatrice of Provence (1229).

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Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay
POLITICIAN
1740 - 1789
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 1,710
Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1489 - 1512
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 1,711
Anna de Noailles
WRITER
1876 - 1933
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 1,712
Arnaud Amalric
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1160 - 1225
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 1,713
Dominique Jean Larrey
PHYSICIAN
1766 - 1842
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 1,714
Nicolas Sanson
GEOGRAPHER
1600 - 1667
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 1,715
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
COMPOSER
1689 - 1755
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 1,716
Jean-Charles de Borda
PHYSICIST
1733 - 1799
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 1,717
Nicole-Reine Lepaute
ASTRONOMER
1723 - 1788
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 1,718
Raymond of Burgundy
POLITICIAN
1070 - 1107
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 1,719
Jules Dupré
PAINTER
1811 - 1889
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 1,720
Aénor de Châtellerault
NOBLEMAN
1103 - 1130
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 1,721
Beatrice of Provence
POLITICIAN
1229 - 1267
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 1,722