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Lili Boulanger

1893 - 1918

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Marie-Juliette Boulanger (French: [maʁi ʒyljɛt bulɑ̃ʒe] ; 21 August 1893 – 15 March 1918), professionally known as Lili Boulanger (French: [lili bulɑ̃ʒe]), was a French composer and musician who was the first female winner of the Grand Prix de Rome composition prize. Her older sister was the noted composer and composition teacher Nadia Boulanger; their father was the composer Ernest Boulanger. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lili Boulanger is the 228th most popular composer (down from 218th in 2019), the 1,009th most popular biography from France (up from 1,021st in 2019) and the 36th most popular French Composer.

Lili Boulanger is most famous for being the first woman to win the Prix de Rome, a prestigious French prize for composition.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Lili Boulanger ranks 228 out of 1,451. Before her are Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Andrea Gabrieli, Ludwig Minkus, Fromental Halévy, Benedetto Marcello, and Franz Xaver Süssmayr. After her are Philippe de Vitry, Ernest Bloch, Ernest Chausson, Jacob Clemens non Papa, Scott Joplin, and Ernst von Dohnányi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Lili Boulanger ranks 39. Before her are Lillian Gish, J. G. Strijdom, Qazi Muhammad, Juana Bormann, Miroslav Krleža, and Andrés Segovia. After her are Emmy Göring, Fritz Perls, Hans Fallada, James B. Conant, Hermann Balck, and Viktor Shklovsky. Among people deceased in 1918, Lili Boulanger ranks 36. Before her are César Cui, Ferdinand Hodler, Edmond Rostand, Arrigo Boito, Fanny Kaplan, and Hermann Cohen. After her are Paul Vidal de La Blache, Paul von Rennenkampf, Aleksandr Lyapunov, Frank Wedekind, Andrew Dickson White, and Eusebi Güell.

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In France

Among people born in France, Lili Boulanger ranks 1,009 out of 6,770. Before her are Fromental Halévy (1799), Eugène Scribe (1791), Joan II, Countess of Burgundy (1292), Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (1725), Jacques Perrin (1941), and Caterina Valente (1931). After her are Gabriel Lamé (1795), Maurice Halbwachs (1877), Chilperic I (539), Philippe de Vitry (1291), Roger Etchegaray (1922), and Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Lili Boulanger ranks 36. Before her are Léonin (1135), Michel Legrand (1932), François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775), Charles-Marie Widor (1844), Pauline Viardot (1821), and Fromental Halévy (1799). After her are Philippe de Vitry (1291), Ernest Chausson (1855), Albert Roussel (1869), Marcel Dupré (1886), Ambroise Thomas (1811), and Cécile Chaminade (1857).

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