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Loyset Compère

1440 - 1518

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Loyset Compère (c. 1445 – 16 August 1518) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. Of the same generation as Josquin des Prez, he was one of the most significant composers of motets and chansons of that era, and one of the first musicians to bring the light Italianate Renaissance style to France. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Loyset Compère is the 874th most popular composer (up from 885th in 2019), the 3,366th most popular biography from France (up from 3,459th in 2019) and the 124th most popular French Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Loyset Compère ranks 874 out of 1,451. Before him are Anton Stamitz, Alexander Alyabyev, Martin Wegelius, Othmar Schoeck, John Tavener, and Julius Reubke. After him are Frank Bridge, Louis Andriessen, Giuseppe Martucci, Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Selim Palmgren, and Keiko Abe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1440, Loyset Compère ranks 15. Before him are Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, Jorge Manrique, Bartolomé Bermejo, Alain I of Albret, Mauro Codussi, and Albertus Pictor. After him are Johann von Tiefen, Anton Koberger, and Vuk Grgurević. Among people deceased in 1518, Loyset Compère ranks 7. Before him are Kabir, Oruç Reis, Vannozza dei Cattanei, Pierre de la Rue, Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, and William IX, Marquis of Montferrat.

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In France

Among people born in France, Loyset Compère ranks 3,366 out of 6,770. Before him are Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (1707), Bulle Ogier (1939), Jacques Villeret (1951), Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Joseph Bélanger (1790), Auguste Clésinger (1814), and Thierry Breton (1955). After him are Henri Vidal (1919), Emma Calvé (1858), Rutebeuf (1300), Guillaume Faye (1949), Georges Mathieu (1921), and André Parrot (1901).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Loyset Compère ranks 124. Before him are Edmond Audran (1840), Aimeric de Peguilhan (1200), Alfred Bruneau (1857), Henri Tomasi (1901), Claude Le Jeune (1528), and Henri Rabaud (1873). After him are Joseph Canteloube (1879), Jeanne Demessieux (1921), Robert Planquette (1848), André Gedalge (1856), Édouard Colonne (1838), and Petrus de Cruce (1300).

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