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Marcel Dupré

1886 - 1971

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Marcel Jean-Jules Dupré (French pronunciation: [maʁsɛl dypʁe]; 3 May 1886 – 30 May 1971) was a French organist, composer, and pedagogue. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marcel Dupré is the 240th most popular composer (up from 254th in 2019), the 1,048th most popular biography from France (up from 1,154th in 2019) and the 40th most popular French Composer.

Marcel Dupré is best known for his oratorios, which are large-scale compositions for soloists, chorus, and orchestra.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Marcel Dupré ranks 240 out of 1,451. Before him are Ernst von Dohnányi, Carl Reinecke, Angelo Badalamenti, Albert Roussel, Engelbert Humperdinck, and Mykola Leontovych. After him are Giacomo Carissimi, Otto Nicolai, Pietro Locatelli, Alessandro Marcello, Jacques Arcadelt, and Gaspare Spontini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Marcel Dupré ranks 38. Before him are Michael Curtiz, Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Kurt Koffka, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, George Mallory, and Aron Nimzowitsch. After him are Henri Coandă, Dong Biwu, Paul Tillich, G. I. Taylor, Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel, and Vittorio Pozzo. Among people deceased in 1971, Marcel Dupré ranks 32. Before him are Lin Biao, Franz Stangl, Donald Winnicott, Jacobo Árbenz, Arne Jacobsen, and Lothar Rendulic. After him are Violet Jessop, Bernardo Houssay, Yrjö Väisälä, Max Steiner, Johannes Frießner, and Roy O. Disney.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marcel Dupré ranks 1,048 out of 6,770. Before him are Paul Vidal de La Blache (1845), Inessa Armand (1874), Alys of France, Countess of Vexin (1160), Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais (1782), Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy-Nemours (1644), and Michel Rolle (1652). After him are Chevalier d'Éon (1728), Philippe Ariès (1914), Thierry Henry (1977), Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry (1778), Louis-Jules Trochu (1815), and Stéphane Audran (1932).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Marcel Dupré ranks 40. Before him are Pauline Viardot (1821), Fromental Halévy (1799), Lili Boulanger (1893), Philippe de Vitry (1291), Ernest Chausson (1855), and Albert Roussel (1869). After him are Ambroise Thomas (1811), Cécile Chaminade (1857), Francis Lai (1932), Vincent d'Indy (1851), Pierre Schaeffer (1910), and Jacques Ibert (1890).

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