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Marc-Antoine Charpentier

1645 - 1704

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Marc-Antoine Charpentier (French: [maʁk ɑ̃twan ʃaʁpɑ̃tje]; 1643 – 24 February 1704) was a French Baroque composer during the reign of Louis XIV. One of his most famous works is the main theme from the prelude of his Te Deum H.146, Marche en rondeau. This theme is still used today as a fanfare during television broadcasts of the Eurovision Network and the European Broadcasting Union. Marc-Antoine Charpentier dominated the Baroque musical scene in seventeenth century France because of the quality of his prolific output. He mastered all genres, and his skill in writing sacred vocal music was especially hailed by his contemporaries. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marc-Antoine Charpentier is the 89th most popular composer (up from 96th in 2019), the 340th most popular biography from France (up from 379th in 2019) and the 14th most popular French Composer.

Marc-Antoine Charpentier was a French composer and organist. He is most famous for his opera "Louise".

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Among composers, Marc-Antoine Charpentier ranks 89 out of 1,451. Before him are Leoš Janáček, Johann Pachelbel, Heinrich Schütz, Luigi Cherubini, Luigi Boccherini, and John Williams. After him are Olivier Messiaen, Carl Czerny, Nino Rota, John Cage, Tomás Luis de Victoria, and Pierre Boulez.

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Among people born in 1645, Marc-Antoine Charpentier ranks 1. After him are Johann Ambrosius Bach, William Kidd, Jean de La Bruyère, William Penn, Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, Aert de Gelder, Francis I Rákóczi, Anne Dacier, Andreas Werckmeister, Nicolas Lemery, and Maria de Dominici. Among people deceased in 1704, Marc-Antoine Charpentier ranks 2. Before him is John Locke. After him are Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Guillaume de l'Hôpital, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia, Georg Muffat, Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark, Jean-Baptiste Denys, Charles Plumier, Isabella Leonarda, and Selim I Giray.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marc-Antoine Charpentier ranks 340 out of 6,770. Before him are William Longsword (893), Elisabeth of France (1602), Édouard Daladier (1884), Guillaume de Machaut (1300), Chlothar I (498), and Salome Zourabichvili (1952). After him are Pope Stephen IX (1020), Ludwig I of Bavaria (1786), Adolphe Thiers (1797), Désirée Clary (1777), Constantine II (316), and Chrétien de Troyes (1135).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Marc-Antoine Charpentier ranks 14. Before him are Charles Gounod (1818), Erik Satie (1866), Gabriel Fauré (1845), François Couperin (1668), Jules Massenet (1842), and Josquin des Prez (1450). After him are Olivier Messiaen (1908), Pierre Boulez (1925), Francis Poulenc (1899), Arthur Honegger (1892), Léo Delibes (1836), and Adolphe Adam (1803).

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