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Édouard Lalo

1823 - 1892

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Édouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo (27 January 1823 – 22 April 1892) was a French composer, violist, violinist, and academic teacher. His most celebrated piece is the Symphonie Espagnole, a five-movement concerto for violin and orchestra that remains a popular work in the standard repertoire. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Édouard Lalo is the 137th most popular composer (up from 141st in 2019), the 604th most popular biography from France (up from 667th in 2019) and the 24th most popular French Composer.

Édouard Lalo is most famous for his Symphonie Espagnole.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Édouard Lalo ranks 137 out of 1,451. Before him are Krzysztof Penderecki, Benjamin Britten, Giovanni Gabrieli, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Daniel Auber, and Fanny Mendelssohn. After him are John Field, Franz von Suppé, Sofia Gubaidulina, Pérotin, Giovanni Paisiello, and Nicola Porpora.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1823, Édouard Lalo ranks 10. Before him are Alfred Russel Wallace, Gyula Andrássy, Ernest Renan, Sándor Petőfi, Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, and Leopold Kronecker. After him are Alexandre Cabanel, Li Hongzhang, Jean-Henri Fabre, John Sherman, John Russell Hind, and Charles I of Württemberg. Among people deceased in 1892, Édouard Lalo ranks 8. Before him are Princess Ludovika of Bavaria, Walt Whitman, Werner von Siemens, Ernest Renan, John Couch Adams, and Alexander Mackenzie. After him are Richard Owen, Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, Rudolf von Jhering, Annibale de Gasparis, Louis Vuitton, and Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia.

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In France

Among people born in France, Édouard Lalo ranks 604 out of 6,770. Before him are Paul Claudel (1868), Gustave Caillebotte (1848), Blanche Monnier (1849), Hector Malot (1830), Niki de Saint Phalle (1930), and René of Anjou (1409). After him are Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne (1611), Nadia Boulanger (1887), William Wyler (1902), Marcel Lefebvre (1905), Peter II of Courtenay (1155), and Claude Chabrol (1930).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Édouard Lalo ranks 24. Before him are Arthur Honegger (1892), Léo Delibes (1836), Adolphe Adam (1803), Edgard Varèse (1883), Maurice Jarre (1924), and Daniel Auber (1782). After him are Pérotin (1160), Darius Milhaud (1892), Paul Dukas (1865), Marin Marais (1656), Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760), and Léonin (1135).

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