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Robert Cambert

1628 - 1677

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Robert Cambert (c. 1628–1677) was a French composer principally of opera. His opera Pomone was the first actual opera in French. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Cambert is the 958th most popular composer (down from 821st in 2019), the 3,706th most popular biography from France (down from 3,268th in 2019) and the 141st most popular French Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Robert Cambert ranks 958 out of 1,451Before him are Alexander Goldenweiser, Lev Knipper, Baude Cordier, Chiquinha Gonzaga, Ralph Benatzky, and Franco Donatoni. After him are Roger Sessions, Juventino Rosas, Charles Burney, Luis de Pablo, John Rutter, and Tigran Mansurian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1628, Robert Cambert ranks 15Before him are Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria, Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano, Carlo Cignani, Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Lucrezia Barberini, and Alvise II Mocenigo. After him are David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl, and Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet. Among people deceased in 1677, Robert Cambert ranks 14Before him are Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Henry Oldenburg, William Louis, Duke of Württemberg, Aert van der Neer, William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, and James Harrington. After him is Matthew Locke.

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In France

Among people born in France, Robert Cambert ranks 3,706 out of 6,770Before him are Émile Fisseux (1868), Julien Dupré (1851), François de La Mothe Le Vayer (1588), Étienne Pierre Ventenat (1757), Philippe Alliot (1954), and Lowell Weicker (1931). After him are Tony Robert-Fleury (1837), Philippe de Villiers (1949), François Buzot (1760), Dominique Perrault (1953), Theo Hernandez (1997), and Jean Nicolas (1913).

Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Robert Cambert ranks 141Before him are Antoine Brumel (1460), Victor Massé (1822), Henri Sauguet (1901), Philippe Gaubert (1879), André Cardinal Destouches (1672), and Baude Cordier (1364). After him are Édouard Deldevez (1817), Jean Mouton (1459), Philippe Sarde (1948), Nicolas Dalayrac (1753), Tristan Murail (1947), and Paul Taffanel (1844).