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Léon Boëllmann

1862 - 1897

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Léon Boëllmann (French pronunciation: [leɔ̃ bɔ.ɛlman]; 25 September 1862 – 11 October 1897) was a French composer, known for a small number of compositions for organ. His best-known composition is Suite gothique (1895), which is a staple of the organ repertoire, especially its concluding Toccata. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Léon Boëllmann is the 521st most popular composer (up from 621st in 2019), the 2,165th most popular biography from France (up from 2,572nd in 2019) and the 82nd most popular French Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Léon Boëllmann ranks 521 out of 1,451. Before him are Jean Françaix, Reinhard Keiser, Jean Absil, Nicolas-Charles Bochsa, Franck Pourcel, and Maddalena Casulana. After him are Francesco Maria Veracini, Albéric Magnard, Friedrich Wieck, Bernhard Crusell, Einojuhani Rautavaara, and Orlando Gibbons.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Léon Boëllmann ranks 54. Before him are Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, Eugen Ehrlich, Oswald Külpe, August Oetker, Nicholas Murray Butler, and Cao Kun. After him are Infanta María de la Paz of Spain, Frederick Delius, Maximilian Maria, 7th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Edvard Westermarck, Arvid Lindman, and Nitobe Inazō. Among people deceased in 1897, Léon Boëllmann ranks 27. Before him are Prince William of Baden, Giuseppina Strepponi, Galileo Ferraris, Minna Canth, Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, and Antonio Cánovas del Castillo. After him are Stanislas de Guaita, Alexei Savrasov, Henry George, Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale, Fritz Müller, and Henri Meilhac.

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In France

Among people born in France, Léon Boëllmann ranks 2,165 out of 6,770. Before him are Henri Mouhot (1826), Paul Nizan (1905), André Courrèges (1923), Guillaume Amontons (1663), Joseph Meister (1876), and Madeleine Vionnet (1876). After him are Peire Vidal (1140), Albéric Magnard (1865), Émile Augier (1820), Eugène-Henri Gravelotte (1876), Stanislas de Guaita (1861), and Princess María Teresa of Bourbon-Parma (1933).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Léon Boëllmann ranks 82. Before him are André Messager (1853), Jehan Alain (1911), Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe (1640), Jean Françaix (1912), Nicolas-Charles Bochsa (1789), and Franck Pourcel (1913). After him are Albéric Magnard (1865), Henri Duparc (1848), Louise Farrenc (1804), Alexandre Desplat (1961), Hervé (1825), and Jacques-Martin Hotteterre (1673).

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