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Paul Paray

1886 - 1979

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Paul Marie-Adolphe Charles Paray (French: [pɔl paʁɛ]; 24 May 1886 – 10 October 1979) was a French conductor, organist and composer. After winning France's top musical award, the Prix de Rome, he fought in the First World War and was a prisoner of war for nearly four years. He held a succession of chief conductorships, including those of the Lamoureux and Colonne Orchestras in Paris and the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra in Monaco. For ten years from 1952 he was chief conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, with which he made a celebrated series of recordings for Mercury Records' "Living Presence" series, many of which have been digitally released in the 21st century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Paray is the 100th most popular conductor (down from 92nd in 2019), the 4,354th most popular biography from France (down from 4,171st in 2019) and the 5th most popular French Conductor.

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Paul Paray ranks 100 out of 128. Before him are Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Ludwig von Brenner, Georg Schnéevoigt, Kirill Petrenko, and Albert Coates. After him are Milan Horvat, Jascha Horenstein, Dennis Russell Davies, Tomás Bretón, Eri Klas, and Valery Khalilov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Paul Paray ranks 227. Before him are Tadeusz Kotarbiński, Władysław Tatarkiewicz, John Cromwell, Reinhold Schünzel, Seigō Nakano, and Francis Biddle. After him are Eugene Burton Ely, Mihri Müşfik Hanım, Ricardo Güiraldes, John Eke, Źmitrok Biadula, and Boris Grigoriev. Among people deceased in 1979, Paul Paray ranks 192. Before him are Mohamed Akid, Stan Kenton, Heinz Erhardt, John Cromwell, Tommaso Landolfi, and Willibald Schmaus. After him are Andreo Cseh, Eduardo González Valiño, Gustav Winckler, Juan Arremón, Johan Borgen, and Guglielmo Segato.

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In France

Among people born in France, Paul Paray ranks 4,354 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset (1709), Francis Biddle (1886), René Barbier (1891), Édouard Artigas (1906), Philippe Bergeroo (1954), and Jean-Marc Guillou (1945). After him are Henri Bouckaert (1870), Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter (1377), Pierre Adet (1763), Luiz of Orléans-Braganza (1938), Christian Gourcuff (1955), and E. D. Morel (1873).

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Among CONDUCTORS In France

Among conductors born in France, Paul Paray ranks 5. Before him are Lorin Maazel (1930), Pierre Monteux (1875), Charles Munch (1891), and Jean Martinon (1910).

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