COMPOSER

Pierre De Geyter

1848 - 1932

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Pierre Chrétien Degeyter (French: [pjɛʁ kʁetjɛ̃ də ɡetɛʁ], Flemish: [də ˈɣɛitər]; 8 October 1848 – 26 September 1932) was a Belgian-French socialist and a composer, known for writing the music of The Internationale. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre De Geyter is the 306th most popular composer (up from 322nd in 2019), the 151st most popular biography from Belgium (up from 166th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Belgian Composer.

Pierre de Geyter is most famous for his work with the paintings of Vincent van Gogh.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Pierre De Geyter ranks 306 out of 1,451Before him are Francesco Geminiani, Martin Agricola, Johann Baptist Wanhal, Stephen Schwartz, Dimitri Tiomkin, and Gustave Charpentier. After him are Max Steiner, Niccolò Jommelli, Gustav Leonhardt, Antonio Lotti, Johann Mattheson, and Cipriano de Rore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1848, Pierre De Geyter ranks 28Before him are Loránd Eötvös, Carl Wernicke, William II of Württemberg, Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, Milena Vukotić, and Zinovy Rozhestvensky. After him are Hermann Alexander Diels, Carlos, Duke of Madrid, Katsura Tarō, Hristo Botev, Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, and Anna Boch. Among people deceased in 1932, Pierre De Geyter ranks 27Before him are Joseph Babinski, Kang Pan-sok, Eugen d'Albert, Pavlik Morozov, Ferdinand Buisson, and André Maginot. After him are Jules Chéret, Inukai Tsuyoshi, Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov, John Charles Fields, Franz von Hipper, and Émile Friant.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Pierre De Geyter ranks 151 out of 1,190Before him are Marguerite Porete (1250), Chantal Mouffe (1943), Victor D'Hondt (1841), Louis II, Count of Flanders (1330), Ermengarde of Hesbaye (778), and Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon (1673). After him are Henry I, Duke of Brabant (1165), Bartholomeus Spranger (1546), Yves Leterme (1960), Cipriano de Rore (1515), Henri Michaux (1899), and Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759).

Among COMPOSERS In Belgium

Among composers born in Belgium, Pierre De Geyter ranks 12Before him are Adrian Willaert (1490), Henri Vieuxtemps (1820), Gilles Binchois (1400), Jacob Obrecht (1457), Eugène Ysaÿe (1858), and Jacques Arcadelt (1507). After him are Cipriano de Rore (1515), Heinrich Isaac (1450), Alexander Agricola (1446), Charles Auguste de Bériot (1802), Johannes Tinctoris (1435), and Pierre de la Rue (1460).