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Marie-Claire Alain

1926 - 2013

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Marie-Claire Geneviève Alain-Gommier (10 August 1926 – 26 February 2013) was a French organist, scholar and teacher best known for her prolific recording career, with 260 recordings, making her the most-recorded classical organist in the world. She taught many of the world's prominent organists. She was a specialist in Bach, making three recordings of his complete organ works, as well as French organ music. She was the sister of the famous organist-composers Jehan Alain and Olivier Alain and was the daughter of amateur organbuilder Albert Alain. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marie-Claire Alain is the 7,623rd most popular politician (up from 8,546th in 2019), the 2,181st most popular biography from France (up from 2,560th in 2019) and the 521st most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Marie-Claire Alain ranks 7,623 out of 19,576. Before her are Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia, Walter V, Count of Brienne, Franziska Donner, Uija of Baekje, Frederick Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and José Maria Neves. After her are Aslan Abashidze, Mette Frederiksen, Penda of Mercia, Infanta María de la Paz of Spain, Elena Stasova, and Enomoto Takeaki.

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Among people born in 1926, Marie-Claire Alain ranks 144. Before her are Riz Ortolani, Andrea Kékesy, Peter Shaffer, Elias Hrawi, Ray Price, and Claude Akins. After her are Rafi Eitan, Muhammad al-Badr, Gordon Scott, Valerio Zurlini, Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse, and Jérôme Lejeune. Among people deceased in 2013, Marie-Claire Alain ranks 115. Before her are Mitja Ribičič, Édouard Molinaro, Rosalía Mera, Ray Price, Emilio Colombo, and Frederik Pohl. After her are Ali Kafi, Ken Norton, Richard Ramirez, Ray Harryhausen, Colin Davis, and Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marie-Claire Alain ranks 2,181 out of 6,770. Before her are Joseph-Marie Vien (1716), Philippe Honoré (1941), Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney (1757), Walter V, Count of Brienne (1278), John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg (1582), and Sophie Blanchard (1778). After her are Yannick Noah (1960), Louis Victor, Prince of Carignano (1721), Nicolas Lancret (1690), Pierre Fauchard (1679), Jo Schlesser (1928), and Paul Virilio (1932).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Marie-Claire Alain ranks 521. Before her are Odo III, Duke of Burgundy (1166), Roland Bonaparte (1858), François-Xavier Ortoli (1925), Peire Vidal (1140), Eugène-Henri Gravelotte (1876), and Walter V, Count of Brienne (1278). After her are Louis Victor, Prince of Carignano (1721), Gunnor (950), Paul Poupard (1930), Pierre Bérégovoy (1925), Ermesinde of Carcassonne (972), and Pierre Fournier (1906).

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