COMPOSER

Étienne Méhul

1763 - 1817

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Étienne Nicolas Méhul (French: [etjɛn nikɔla meyl]; 22 June 1763 – 18 October 1817) was a French composer of the late classical and early romantic periods. He was known as "the most important opera composer in France during the Revolution". He was also the first composer to be called a "Romantic". He is known particularly for his operas, written in keeping with the reforms introduced by Christoph Willibald Gluck and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Étienne Méhul is the 471st most popular composer (down from 423rd in 2019), the 2,007th most popular biography from France (down from 1,855th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular French Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Étienne Méhul ranks 471 out of 1,451. Before him are Jaufre Rudel, Paul Bowles, Joseph Martin Kraus, Friedrich von Flotow, Antonio Maria Abbatini, and Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska. After him are Johann Gottfried Walther, Alfredo Catalani, Robert Stolz, Rodion Shchedrin, Vítězslav Novák, and Adolf von Henselt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1763, Étienne Méhul ranks 20. Before him are Xavier de Maistre, Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, Franz Danzi, Joseph Fesch, Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden, and Simon Mayr. After him are John Jacob Astor, Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Pierre Gaspard Chaumette, Hugues-Bernard Maret, duc de Bassano, François-Joseph Talma, and Princess Louise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. Among people deceased in 1817, Étienne Méhul ranks 22. Before him are Fyodor Ushakov, Theroigne de Mericourt, William Bligh, Jean-André Deluc, Ibrahim Bey, and Usman dan Fodio. After him are Andrea Appiani, Infante Antonio Pascual of Spain, Giacomo Quarenghi, Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau, Policarpa Salavarrieta, and Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym.

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In France

Among people born in France, Étienne Méhul ranks 2,007 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Pierre Jabouille (1942), Théophile Delcassé (1852), Étienne Balibar (1942), Michel Hidalgo (1933), Johann Hermann (1738), and Maurice Blondel (1861). After him are Carolus-Duran (1837), Yolande, Duchess of Lorraine (1428), Nicole Fontaine (1942), Paul Durand-Ruel (1831), Yves Bonnefoy (1923), and Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme (1540).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Étienne Méhul ranks 73. Before him are Mélanie Bonis (1858), Georg Muffat (1653), Yo-Yo Ma (1955), Alexandre Guilmant (1837), Gabriel Pierné (1863), and Jaufre Rudel (1125). After him are Florent Schmitt (1870), Théodore Dubois (1837), André Messager (1853), Jehan Alain (1911), Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe (1640), and Jean Françaix (1912).

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