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Louise Farrenc

1804 - 1875

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Louise Farrenc (née Jeanne-Louise Dumont; 31 May 1804 – 15 September 1875) was a French composer, virtuoso pianist and teacher of the Romantic period. Her compositions include three symphonies, a few choral works, numerous chamber pieces and a wide variety of piano music. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louise Farrenc is the 562nd most popular composer (up from 674th in 2019), the 2,307th most popular biography from France (up from 2,771st in 2019) and the 85th most popular French Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Louise Farrenc ranks 562 out of 1,451. Before her are Johann David Heinichen, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Franz Doppler, Conradin Kreutzer, Hermann Scherchen, and Johann Gottlieb Naumann. After her are Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Hans Krása, Johannes Ciconia, Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Max Richter, and Joseph Szigeti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1804, Louise Farrenc ranks 35. Before her are Handrij Zejler, Ludwig von Benedek, Eduard Mörike, Daniele Manin, Moritz von Schwind, and Viktor Bunyakovsky. After her are Aleksander Chodźko, Aleksey Khomyakov, Paul Gavarni, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Constantin Hansen, and Charles II, Duke of Brunswick. Among people deceased in 1875, Louise Farrenc ranks 31. Before her are Friedrich Albert Lange, Eduard Mörike, Henry Wilson, Tristan Corbière, Prince Karl Theodor of Bavaria, and Prince Adalbert of Bavaria. After her are Svetozar Marković, Gabriel García Moreno, John C. Breckinridge, Antoine-Louis Barye, Frederick William, Elector of Hesse, and Carl Jakob Sundevall.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louise Farrenc ranks 2,307 out of 6,770. Before her are Charles Renouvier (1815), Louis-Mathieu Molé (1781), Léon Duguit (1859), Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès (1812), Albert Lamorisse (1922), and Adémar de Chabannes (989). After her are Simone Simon (1911), Magnus Felix Ennodius (473), Paul Héroult (1863), Alexandre Ribot (1842), Alain Ducasse (1956), and Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency (1594).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Louise Farrenc ranks 85. Before her are Jean Françaix (1912), Nicolas-Charles Bochsa (1789), Franck Pourcel (1913), Léon Boëllmann (1862), Albéric Magnard (1865), and Henri Duparc (1848). After her are Alexandre Desplat (1961), Hervé (1825), Jacques-Martin Hotteterre (1673), Ferdinand Hérold (1791), Claude Goudimel (1514), and François Devienne (1759).

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