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Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély

1817 - 1869

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Louis-James Alfred Lefébure-Wély (13 November 1817 – 31 December 1869) was a French organist and composer. He played a major role in the development of the French symphonic organ style and was closely associated with the organ builder Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, inaugurating many new Cavaillé-Coll organs. His playing was virtuosic, and as a performer, he was rated above eminent contemporaries including César Franck. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély is the 751st most popular composer (up from 952nd in 2019), the 3,030th most popular biography from France (up from 3,667th in 2019) and the 108th most popular French Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély ranks 751 out of 1,451. Before him are Michel Blavet, Domenico Gabrielli, Boris Asafyev, Carlos Chávez, Franchinus Gaffurius, and Pierre Attaingnant. After him are Manuel Cardoso, Josef Tal, Matthias Weckmann, Isaak Dunayevsky, Franz Lachner, and Nicolas Isouard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély ranks 44. Before him are Nikolay Kostomarov, Bernhard Windscheid, Nikoloz Baratashvili, Táhirih, Branwell Brontë, and George Frederic Watts. After him are Wilhelm Griesinger, Georg Herwegh, Heinrich Graetz, Joseph Poelaert, Debendranath Tagore, and Marie-Eugénie de Jésus. Among people deceased in 1869, Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély ranks 32. Before him are Afzal-ud-Daulah, Jean René Constant Quoy, Mehmed Fuad Pasha, Wilhelm, Duke of Urach, Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, and Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen. After him are Juraj Haulik, Giulia Grisi, Julian Fontana, Juan Almonte, Adolphe Niel, and Théophile Thoré-Bürger.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély ranks 3,030 out of 6,770. Before him are Claude Bolling (1930), Pierre Attaingnant (1494), Decentius (300), Jean-Jacques Henner (1829), Louis-Michel le Peletier, marquis de Saint-Fargeau (1760), and Adolf Wagner (1890). After him are Victor Henri Rochefort, Marquis de Rochefort-Luçay (1831), Germain Pilon (1525), Didier Six (1954), Jean Domat (1625), François Hanriot (1761), and Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1845).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély ranks 108. Before him are Maurice Emmanuel (1862), Augusta Holmès (1847), Michel Corrette (1707), Benjamin Godard (1849), Michel Blavet (1700), and Pierre Attaingnant (1494). After him are Charles Tournemire (1870), André Caplet (1878), George Onslow (1784), Louise Bertin (1805), Napoléon Henri Reber (1807), and Jean-Henri d'Anglebert (1629).

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