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Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe

1640 - 1700

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Jean (?) de Sainte-Colombe (c. 1640 – c. 1700) was a French composer and violist. He was a celebrated master of the viola da gamba and was credited (by Jean Rousseau in his Traité de la viole (1687)) with adding the seventh string, tuned to the note AA (A1 in scientific pitch notation), on the bass viol. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe is the 503rd most popular composer (down from 415th in 2019), the 2,098th most popular biography from France (down from 1,810th in 2019) and the 78th most popular French Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe ranks 503 out of 1,451. Before him are Ferdinando Paer, John Koukouzelis, James Newton Howard, Neville Marriner, Christian Sinding, and Raimonds Pauls. After him are George Antheil, Igor Markevitch, Robert Fuchs, Joseph Kosma, Emilio de' Cavalieri, and Fredrik Pacius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1640, Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe ranks 11. Before him are Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, Pu Songling, La Voisin, Gaspar Sanz, Aphra Behn, and Antoine Coysevox. After him are Yohannes I, Philippe de La Hire, Abraham Mignon, Jacques Ozanam, Mariana Alcoforado, and Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland. Among people deceased in 1700, Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe ranks 7. Before him are Pope Innocent XII, Charles II of Spain, André Le Nôtre, Do-Aklin, John Dryden, and Rajaram I. After him are Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, Lagâri Hasan Çelebi, Louis Jolliet, Marguerite Bourgeoys, and Silvestro Valier.

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In France

Among people born in France, Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe ranks 2,098 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre Reverdy (1889), Amalric of Bena (1150), Victorine Meurent (1844), Pierre d'Aubusson (1423), Anne Jules de Noailles (1650), and Rudolf Schmundt (1896). After him are Omar Sy (1978), Maurice André (1933), La Goulue (1866), Philippe Petit (1949), Emmanuelle Seigner (1966), and Ado of Vienne (800).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe ranks 78. Before him are Jaufre Rudel (1125), Étienne Méhul (1763), Florent Schmitt (1870), Théodore Dubois (1837), André Messager (1853), and Jehan Alain (1911). After him are Jean Françaix (1912), Nicolas-Charles Bochsa (1789), Franck Pourcel (1913), Léon Boëllmann (1862), Albéric Magnard (1865), and Henri Duparc (1848).

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