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César Franck

1822 - 1890

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César Auguste Jean Guillaume Hubert Franck (French pronunciation: [sezaʁ oɡyst ʒɑ̃ ɡijom ybɛʁ fʁɑ̃k]; 10 December 1822 – 8 November 1890) was a French Romantic composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher born in present-day Belgium. He was born in Liège (which at the time of his birth was part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands). He gave his first concerts there in 1834 and studied privately in Paris from 1835, where his teachers included Anton Reicha. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of César Franck has received more than 807,787 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia. César Franck is the 94th most popular composer (down from 83rd in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 32nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Belgian Composer.

César Franck is most famous for his Symphony in D Minor.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, César Franck ranks 94 out of 1,451. Before him are Luigi Cherubini, Luigi Boccherini, Pietro Mascagni, Olivier Messiaen, Guillaume Du Fay, and Alma Mahler. After him are Karlheinz Stockhausen, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Léo Delibes, John Cage, and Arvo Pärt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1822, César Franck ranks 7. Before him are Louis Pasteur, Ulysses S. Grant, Gregor Mendel, Heinrich Schliemann, Frédéric Passy, and Rudolf Clausius. After him are Francis Galton, Robert Luther, Rutherford B. Hayes, Prince Napoléon Bonaparte, Charles Hermite, and Francis, Duke of Cádiz. Among people deceased in 1890, César Franck ranks 8. Before him are Heinrich Schliemann, Carlo Collodi, Sitting Bull, Gyula Andrássy, William III of the Netherlands, and Amadeo I of Spain. After him are Duchess Helene in Bavaria, Joseph Merrick, Henri Nestlé, Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Richard Francis Burton, and William Kemmler.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, César Franck ranks 39 out of 1,190. Before him are Eddy Merckx (1945), Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564), Abraham Ortelius (1527), Jacques Brel (1929), Guillaume Du Fay (1397), and Eleanor of Austria (1498). After him are Pepin of Herstal (635), Philippe of Belgium (1960), Hergé (1907), Victor Horta (1861), Henry van de Velde (1863), and Marguerite Yourcenar (1903).

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Among COMPOSERS In Belgium

Among composers born in Belgium, César Franck ranks 3. Before him are Orlande de Lassus (1534), and Guillaume Du Fay (1397). After him are Johannes Ockeghem (1410), Jacob Obrecht (1457), Adrian Willaert (1490), Eugène Ysaÿe (1858), André Grétry (1741), Gilles Binchois (1400), Henri Vieuxtemps (1820), Pierre De Geyter (1848), and Heinrich Isaac (1450).

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