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André Jolivet

1905 - 1974

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André Jolivet (pronounced [ɑ̃dʁe ʒɔlivɛ]; 8 August 1905 – 20 December 1974) was a French composer. Known for his devotion to French culture and musical thought, Jolivet drew on his interest in acoustics and atonality, as well as both ancient and modern musical influences, particularly on instruments used in ancient times. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of André Jolivet has received more than 120,610 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). André Jolivet is the 419th most popular composer (down from 407th in 2019), the 1,840th most popular biography from France (down from 1,744th in 2019) and the 65th most popular French Composer.

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  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, André Jolivet ranks 419 out of 1,451. Before him are Giovanni Legrenzi, Franz Schmidt, Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, Alexander Agricola, Georg Muffat, and Johan Svendsen. After him are Giuseppe Sammartini, James Newton Howard, Ferdinand Ries, Étienne Méhul, Princess Maria Antonia Koháry, and Nikolai Medtner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, André Jolivet ranks 75. Before him are Clara Bow, Gareth Jones, Guy Mollet, Erwin Chargaff, Federica Montseny, and Takeo Fukuda. After him are Chen Yun, Attila József, Paul Nizan, Joseph Kosma, Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria, and Yen Chia-kan. Among people deceased in 1974, André Jolivet ranks 51. Before him are Salvador Puig Antich, René Spitz, Gino Cervi, Agnes Moorehead, Marcel Achard, and Pietro Germi. After him are Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr., Everaldo, Anatole Litvak, Pavel Bermondt-Avalov, Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg, and James J. Braddock.

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In France

Among people born in France, André Jolivet ranks 1,840 out of 6,770. Before him are Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly (1508), Christian Boltanski (1944), Elias, Duke of Parma (1880), Pierre Soulages (1919), Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine (1524), and Antoine Baumé (1728). After him are John V, Duke of Brittany (1389), Jean Chapelain (1595), Medardus (470), Jacques Mesrine (1936), Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency (1594), and Michel Bouquet (1925).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, André Jolivet ranks 65. Before him are Georges Delerue (1925), Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689), Yo-Yo Ma (1955), Jacques-Martin Hotteterre (1673), Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe (1640), and Georg Muffat (1653). After him are Étienne Méhul (1763), Louis Durey (1888), Franck Pourcel (1913), Mélanie Bonis (1858), Antoine Busnois (1430), and Théodore Dubois (1837).

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