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Vincent d'Indy

1851 - 1931

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Paul Marie Théodore Vincent d'Indy (French: [vɛ̃sɑ̃ dɛ̃di]; 27 March 1851 – 2 December 1931) was a French composer and teacher. His influence as a teacher, in particular, was considerable. He was a co-founder of the Schola Cantorum de Paris and also taught at the Paris Conservatoire. His students included Albéric Magnard, Albert Roussel, Arthur Honegger, Darius Milhaud, Yvonne Rokseth, and Erik Satie, as well as Cole Porter. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vincent d'Indy is the 256th most popular composer (up from 318th in 2019), the 1,125th most popular biography from France (up from 1,453rd in 2019) and the 44th most popular French Composer.

Vincent d'Indy is most famous for his composition of the opera "Pelleas and Melisande."

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Among composers, Vincent d'Indy ranks 256 out of 1,451. Before him are Maurizio Pollini, Ambroise Thomas, Cécile Chaminade, Eugen d'Albert, Francis Lai, and Carl Stamitz. After him are Alfred Schnittke, James Horner, Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria, Pierre Schaeffer, Ion Ivanovici, and Antonio Caldara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1851, Vincent d'Indy ranks 15. Before him are Emile Berliner, Margherita of Savoy, Ismail Gaspirali, Peder Severin Krøyer, Georg Jellinek, and Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. After him are Adolf von Harnack, Martinus Beijerinck, Friedrich von Wieser, Knut Wicksell, Jacobus Kapteyn, and Charles Joseph Bonaparte. Among people deceased in 1931, Vincent d'Indy ranks 28. Before him are Armand Fallières, Nathan Söderblom, Peter Kürten, Carin Göring, Eugène Ysaÿe, and Dionysios Kasdaglis. After him are Kitasato Shibasaburō, Martinus Beijerinck, Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, Giovanni Boldini, Auguste Forel, and Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta.

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In France

Among people born in France, Vincent d'Indy ranks 1,125 out of 6,770. Before him are Francis Lai (1932), Juliette Récamier (1777), Jean Marc Gaspard Itard (1774), Raymond of Poitiers (1115), Bernard Germain de Lacépède (1756), and Hans-Georg von Friedeburg (1895). After him are Jean Giraudoux (1882), Charibert II (618), Gaston Maspero (1846), Sonia Rykiel (1930), François Leclerc du Tremblay (1577), and Louis Malle (1932).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Vincent d'Indy ranks 44. Before him are Ernest Chausson (1855), Albert Roussel (1869), Marcel Dupré (1886), Ambroise Thomas (1811), Cécile Chaminade (1857), and Francis Lai (1932). After him are Pierre Schaeffer (1910), Jacques Ibert (1890), Emmanuel Chabrier (1841), Louis-Claude Daquin (1694), Gustave Charpentier (1860), and Georges Auric (1899).

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