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". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Étienne Méhul has received more than 166,845 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Étienne Méhul is the 423rd most popular composer (up from 444th in 2019), the 1,855th most popular biography from France (down from 1,836th in 2019) and the 66th most popular French Composer.

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  • 63.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Étienne Méhul ranks 423 out of 1,451. Before him are Georg Muffat, Johan Svendsen, André Jolivet, Giuseppe Sammartini, James Newton Howard, and Ferdinand Ries. After him are Princess Maria Antonia Koháry, Nikolai Medtner, Józef Elsner, Ernest Ansermet, Raimonds Pauls, and Johannes Tinctoris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1763, Étienne Méhul ranks 17. Before him are Kobayashi Issa, Guillaume Brune, Xavier de Maistre, Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden, Joseph Fesch, and Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany. After him are Franz Danzi, Simon Mayr, Pierre Gaspard Chaumette, François de Charette, François-Joseph Talma, and John Jacob Astor. Among people deceased in 1817, Étienne Méhul ranks 19. Before him are Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg, Abraham Gottlob Werner, Nakşidil Sultan, William Bligh, Theroigne de Mericourt, and Usman dan Fodio. After him are Ibrahim Bey, Andrea Appiani, Duke Louis of Württemberg, Giacomo Quarenghi, Infante Antonio Pascual of Spain, and Jean-André Deluc.

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In France

Among people born in France, Étienne Méhul ranks 1,855 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Isabey (1767), Charles Dupuy (1851), Pierre Beauchamp (1631), Raoul Salan (1899), Camille Doncieux (1847), and Le Pétomane (1857). After him are Adrienne Lecouvreur (1692), Pierre Bergé (1930), Liane de Pougy (1869), Édouard Roche (1820), Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (1758), and Jean-Pierre Aumont (1911).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Étienne Méhul ranks 66. Before him are Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689), Yo-Yo Ma (1955), Jacques-Martin Hotteterre (1673), Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe (1640), Georg Muffat (1653), and André Jolivet (1905). After him are Louis Durey (1888), Franck Pourcel (1913), Mélanie Bonis (1858), Antoine Busnois (1430), Théodore Dubois (1837), and Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676).

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