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Adam de la Halle

1245 - 1288

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Adam de la Halle (1245–50 – 1285–8/after 1306) was a French poet-composer trouvère. Among the few medieval composers to write both monophonic and polyphonic music, in this respect he has been considered both a conservative and progressive composer, resulting in a complex legacy: he cultivated admired representatives of older trouvère genres, but also experimented with newer dramatic works. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adam de la Halle has received more than 566,875 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Adam de la Halle is the 1,484th most popular writer (down from 1,349th in 2019), the 1,721st most popular biography from France (down from 1,555th in 2019) and the 215th most popular French Writer.

Adam de la Halle is most famous for writing the first French opera, "Jeu de Robin et Marion."

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  • 570k

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  • 58.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Adam de la Halle ranks 1,484 out of 7,302. Before him are Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Gottfried August Bürger, Guido Adler, Ono no Komachi, Tomi Ungerer, and Avienus. After him are Thoinot Arbeau, Allen Carr, Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Lord Alfred Douglas, Evelyn Waugh, and Marianne Weber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1245, Adam de la Halle ranks 4. Before him are Philip III of France, Kunigunda of Halych, and Roger of Lauria. After him are Nicholas of Tolentino, Al-Adil Kitbugha, Edmund Crouchback, and Ma Duanlin. Among people deceased in 1288, Adam de la Halle ranks 3. Before him are Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg, and Henry III, Margrave of Meissen. After him are Leszek II the Black, Agnes of Dampierre, Rudolf I, Margrave of Baden-Baden, and Matilda of Holstein.

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In France

Among people born in France, Adam de la Halle ranks 1,721 out of 6,770. Before him are Guy Mollet (1905), Tomi Ungerer (1931), Alain Cuny (1908), Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761), Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken (1721), and Nicolas Catinat (1637). After him are Fernand Cormon (1845), René Grousset (1885), Jacques de Vitry (1170), Pierre Balmain (1914), Antoine Barnave (1761), and Thoinot Arbeau (1520).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Adam de la Halle ranks 215. Before him are Tristan Corbière (1845), Jacques Cazotte (1719), Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon (1675), Francis Jammes (1868), René Char (1907), and Tomi Ungerer (1931). After him are Thoinot Arbeau (1520), Georges Duhamel (1884), Guillaume de Lorris (1200), Henry de Montherlant (1895), Louise Labé (1524), and Madame d'Aulnoy (1651).

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