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Louis-Claude Daquin

1694 - 1772

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Louis-Claude Daquin (or D'Aquino, d'Aquin, d'Acquin; July 4, 1694 – June 15, 1772) was a French composer, writing in the Baroque and Galant styles. He was a virtuoso organist and harpsichordist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis-Claude Daquin is the 298th most popular composer (down from 279th in 2019), the 1,278th most popular biography from France (up from 1,294th in 2019) and the 48th most popular French Composer.

Louis-Claude Daquin is most famous for composing the opera "Les Indes Galantes."

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Louis-Claude Daquin ranks 298 out of 1,451. Before him are Franz Benda, Ichirou Mizuki, Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Georg Böhm, Gioseffo Zarlino, and Antonio Soler. After him are Johann Jakob Froberger, Francesco Geminiani, Martin Agricola, Johann Baptist Wanhal, Stephen Schwartz, and Dimitri Tiomkin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1694, Louis-Claude Daquin ranks 5. Before him are Voltaire, François Quesnay, Yeongjo of Joseon, and Francis Hutcheson. After him are Georg Brandt, Paul of the Cross, Leonardo Leo, Hermann Samuel Reimarus, Henry Pelham, Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach, and Theodore of Corsica. Among people deceased in 1772, Louis-Claude Daquin ranks 5. Before him are Ahmad Shah Durrani, Emanuel Swedenborg, Johann Friedrich Struensee, and Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein. After him are Ernst Johann von Biron, Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Gottfried Achenwall, Gerard van Swieten, Princess Mary of Great Britain, Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, and Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis-Claude Daquin ranks 1,278 out of 6,770. Before him are Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1736), Tancred of Hauteville (980), René Arnoux (1948), Walter Sans Avoir (1050), Jane Frances de Chantal (1572), and Augustin Robespierre (1763). After him are André Antoine (1858), Margaret II, Countess of Flanders (1202), François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg (1628), Alain Aspect (1947), Marie of France, Countess of Champagne (1145), and Jean-Louis Barrault (1910).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Louis-Claude Daquin ranks 48. Before him are Cécile Chaminade (1857), Francis Lai (1932), Vincent d'Indy (1851), Pierre Schaeffer (1910), Jacques Ibert (1890), and Emmanuel Chabrier (1841). After him are Gustave Charpentier (1860), Georges Auric (1899), André Campra (1660), Clément Janequin (1485), Germaine Tailleferre (1892), and Michel Richard Delalande (1657).

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