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André Grétry

1741 - 1813

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André Ernest Modeste Grétry (French: [gʁɛtʁi]; baptised 11 February 1741; died 24 September 1813) was a composer from the Prince-Bishopric of Liège (present-day Belgium), who worked from 1767 onwards in France and took French nationality. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of André Grétry has received more than 116,339 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). André Grétry is the 266th most popular composer (down from 200th in 2019), the 133rd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 107th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Belgian Composer.

André Grétry is most famous for his operas. He was born in 1741 in Liège, Belgium and died in 1813 in Paris, France.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, André Grétry ranks 266 out of 1,216Before him are Gioseffo Zarlino, Leonardo Vinci, Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Dmitry Bortniansky, Max Steiner, and Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. After him are Gaspare Spontini, Johan Halvorsen, Cole Porter, Johann Mattheson, Hanns Eisler, and Jaufre Rudel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1741, André Grétry ranks 12Before him are Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, Emperor Momozono, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Jean-Antoine Houdon, and Nicolas Chamfort. After him are Andrea Luchesi, Benedict Arnold, Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Augustin Barruel, and Arthur Young. Among people deceased in 1813, André Grétry ranks 12Before him are Jean-Andoche Junot, Jean-Baptiste Bessières, Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, Christoph Martin Wieland, Gerhard von Scharnhorst, and Antoine-Augustin Parmentier. After him are Tecumseh, Johann Baptist Wanhal, Giambattista Bodoni, Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia, Princess Augusta of Great Britain, and Géraud Duroc.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, André Grétry ranks 133 out of 1,019Before him are Luce Irigaray (1930), Adriaen Brouwer (1605), Pierre Louÿs (1870), Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (1903), David Teniers the Younger (1610), and Joseph Plateau (1801). After him are Petrus Plancius (1552), Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502), Jean-Marie Pfaff (1953), Marc Dutroux (1956), Marie of Brabant, Queen of France (1254), and Lara Fabian (1970).

Among COMPOSERS In Belgium

Among composers born in Belgium, André Grétry ranks 10Before him are Johannes Ockeghem (1410), Adrian Willaert (1490), Gilles Binchois (1400), Eugène Ysaÿe (1858), Henri Vieuxtemps (1820), and Jacob Obrecht (1457). After him are Jacques Arcadelt (1507), Pierre De Geyter (1848), Heinrich Isaac (1450), Cipriano de Rore (1515), Johannes Tinctoris (1435), and Pierre de la Rue (1460).