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Léo Delibes

1836 - 1891

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Clément Philibert Léo Delibes (French: [klemɑ̃ filibɛʁ leo dəlib]; 21 February 1836 – 16 January 1891) was a French Romantic composer, best known for his ballets and operas. His works include the ballets Coppélia (1870) and Sylvia (1876) and the opera Lakmé (1883), which includes the well-known "Flower Duet". Born into a musical family, Delibes enrolled at France's foremost music academy, the Conservatoire de Paris, when he was twelve, studying under several professors including Adolphe Adam. After composing light comic opérettes in the 1850s and 1860s, while also serving as a church organist, Delibes achieved public recognition for his music for the ballet La Source in 1866. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Léo Delibes is the 106th most popular composer (down from 98th in 2019), the 438th most popular biography from France (down from 386th in 2019) and the 19th most popular French Composer.

Léo Delibes is most famous for his opera, Lakmé.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Léo Delibes ranks 106 out of 1,451. Before him are Mikis Theodorakis, Arvo Pärt, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Joaquín Rodrigo, Francis Poulenc, and Arthur Honegger. After him are Giacomo Meyerbeer, Alma Mahler, Domenico Cimarosa, Mikhail Glinka, Zoltán Kodály, and Mily Balakirev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1836, Léo Delibes ranks 4. Before him are Ramakrishna, Wilhelm Steinitz, and Francis II of the Two Sicilies. After him are Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Sakamoto Ryōma, Sophia of Nassau, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Henri Fantin-Latour, Ferdinand Cheval, Marie Henriette of Austria, and Jules Joseph Lefebvre. Among people deceased in 1891, Léo Delibes ranks 13. Before him are Georges-Eugène Haussmann, Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, P. T. Barnum, Herman Melville, Wilhelm Eduard Weber, and Sofia Kovalevskaya. After him are Theo van Gogh, Edmond Becquerel, Leopold Kronecker, Ivan Goncharov, Jules Grévy, and Prince Napoléon Bonaparte.

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In France

Among people born in France, Léo Delibes ranks 438 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre Bayle (1647), Arthur Honegger (1892), Isabella of France (1295), Giambologna (1529), Pierre Beaumarchais (1732), and Aristide Briand (1862). After him are Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805), Napoléon, Prince Imperial (1856), Théophile Gautier (1811), Gérard Philipe (1922), Charles Le Brun (1619), and Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Léo Delibes ranks 19. Before him are Josquin des Prez (1450), Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1645), Olivier Messiaen (1908), Pierre Boulez (1925), Francis Poulenc (1899), and Arthur Honegger (1892). After him are Adolphe Adam (1803), Edgard Varèse (1883), Maurice Jarre (1924), Daniel Auber (1782), Édouard Lalo (1823), and Pérotin (1160).

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