COMPOSER

Albert Roussel

1869 - 1937

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Albert Charles Paul Marie Roussel (French pronunciation: [albɛʁ ʃaʁl pɔl maʁi ʁusɛl]; 5 April 1869 – 23 August 1937) was a French composer. He spent seven years as a midshipman, turned to music as an adult, and became one of the most prominent French composers of the interwar period. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Albert Roussel has received more than 182,957 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Albert Roussel is the 243rd most popular composer (up from 252nd in 2019), the 1,118th most popular biography from France (up from 1,161st in 2019) and the 37th most popular French Composer.

Albert Roussel was a French composer. He is most famous for his opera "Padmavati" which was first performed in 1917.

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  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Albert Roussel ranks 243 out of 1,451. Before him are Benedetto Marcello, Charles-Marie Widor, Johan Halvorsen, Johann Adolph Hasse, Henryk Górecki, and Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria. After him are Alfred Schnittke, Francesco Durante, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Otto Nicolai, Pierre Schaeffer, and Jacques Ibert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Albert Roussel ranks 29. Before him are Gustav Vigeland, Maud of Wales, Kasturba Gandhi, Prince George of Greece and Denmark, Emilio Aguinaldo, and Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta. After him are Francisco Largo Caballero, Martin Andersen Nexø, Óscar Carmona, Bogd Khan, Max Hoffmann, and Pyotr Krasnov. Among people deceased in 1937, Albert Roussel ranks 35. Before him are Emilio Mola, Frank B. Kellogg, Charles-Marie Widor, Keke Geladze, Jagadish Chandra Bose, and Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse. After him are Edith Wharton, Pavel Florensky, Ray Ewry, Wallace Carothers, Walter Simons, and Bessie Smith.

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In France

Among people born in France, Albert Roussel ranks 1,118 out of 6,770. Before him are Georges Ernest Boulanger (1837), James II of Majorca (1243), La Hire (1390), Marie Angélique de Scorailles (1661), Alain de Lille (1117), and Francis Phoebus of Navarre (1467). After him are Margaret II, Countess of Flanders (1202), Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (1754), Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728), Alphonse Bertillon (1853), Jacques Rivette (1928), and René Lalique (1860).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Albert Roussel ranks 37. Before him are Francis Lai (1932), Philippe de Vitry (1291), Pauline Viardot (1821), Lili Boulanger (1893), Ernest Chausson (1855), and Charles-Marie Widor (1844). After him are Pierre Schaeffer (1910), Jacques Ibert (1890), Ambroise Thomas (1811), Emmanuel Chabrier (1841), Marcel Dupré (1886), and Fromental Halévy (1799).

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