COMPOSER

André Campra

1660 - 1744

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André Campra (French: [kɑ̃pʁa]; baptized 4 December 1660 – 29 June 1744) was a French composer and conductor of the Baroque era. The leading French opera composer in the period between Jean-Baptiste Lully and Jean-Philippe Rameau, Campra wrote several tragédies en musique and opéra-ballets that were extremely well received. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of André Campra has received more than 108,844 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. André Campra is the 309th most popular composer (down from 306th in 2019), the 1,407th most popular biography from France (down from 1,361st in 2019) and the 52nd most popular French Composer.

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, André Campra ranks 309 out of 1,451. Before him are Nikolai Myaskovsky, Henri Dutilleux, Bernard Herrmann, Thomas Tallis, Clément Janequin, and Cécile Chaminade. After him are Evald Aav, Franco Alfano, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Niccolò Jommelli, Leonardo Leo, and Francesco Cilea.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1660, André Campra ranks 6. Before him are Daniel Defoe, George I of Great Britain, Alessandro Scarlatti, Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, and Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria. After him are Hans Sloane, Veronica Giuliani, Johann Kuhnau, Andreas Schlüter, Johann Joseph Fux, and Johann Patkul. Among people deceased in 1744, André Campra ranks 9. Before him are Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans, Alexander Pope, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Giuseppe Guarneri, and Marie Anne de Mailly. After him are Leonardo Leo, John Theophilus Desaguliers, Antiochus Kantemir, Johann Heinrich Schulze, John Hadley, and Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller.

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In France

Among people born in France, André Campra ranks 1,407 out of 6,770. Before him are Fabien Barthez (1971), Adela of Normandy (1065), Marius Jacob (1879), Clément Janequin (1485), Cécile Chaminade (1857), and Paul Painlevé (1863). After him are Odilo of Cluny (961), Hélène Langevin-Joliot (1927), Emma Watson (1990), Pierre-Narcisse Guérin (1774), Geneviève Grad (1944), and Robert III, Count of Flanders (1249).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, André Campra ranks 52. Before him are Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766), Jaufre Rudel (1125), François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775), Henri Dutilleux (1916), Clément Janequin (1485), and Cécile Chaminade (1857). After him are Vincent d'Indy (1851), Gustave Charpentier (1860), Louis Marchand (1669), Germaine Tailleferre (1892), Michel Richard Delalande (1657), and Charles Koechlin (1867).

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