COMPOSER

Claude Balbastre

1724 - 1799

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Claude Balbastre (8 December 1724 – 9 May 1799) was a French composer, organist, harpsichordist and fortepianist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Claude Balbastre has received more than 53,384 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Claude Balbastre is the 744th most popular composer (up from 777th in 2019), the 3,028th most popular biography from France (down from 2,994th in 2019) and the 104th most popular French Composer.

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  • 53k

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  • 59.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Claude Balbastre ranks 744 out of 1,451. Before him are Goffredo Petrassi, Luigi Denza, Cesare Pugni, Jerome Kern, Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, and Christian Cannabich. After him are Benjamin Godard, Franz Krommer, Augusta Holmès, Dave Grusin, Louise Bertin, and Carlos Seixas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1724, Claude Balbastre ranks 23. Before him are Franz Anton Maulbertsch, Gottfried Heinrich Bach, Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf, John Smeaton, and Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée. After him are John Michell, Dai Zhen, William, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe, Ji Yun, Johann Julius Walbaum, and Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood. Among people deceased in 1799, Claude Balbastre ranks 24. Before him are Jean-Charles de Borda, Jean-François Marmontel, Johann Hedwig, Barthélemy Catherine Joubert, Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz, and Pierre Pigneau de Behaine. After him are Marcus Elieser Bloch, Jean-Étienne Montucla, Patrick Henry, Giuseppe Parini, Pierre Charles Le Monnier, and Johann Julius Walbaum.

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In France

Among people born in France, Claude Balbastre ranks 3,028 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine (1762), Jean Jouvenet (1644), Jean-Nicolas Corvisart (1755), Sarah Kofman (1934), Isabelle of France (1225), and Henri Laurens (1885). After him are Benjamin Godard (1849), Pierre-Paul Riquet (1609), Augusta Holmès (1847), Lupus of Troyes (395), Louise Bertin (1805), and Stéphane Peterhansel (1965).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Claude Balbastre ranks 104. Before him are Antoine Brumel (1460), Nicolas-Charles Bochsa (1789), Michel Corrette (1707), Nicolas Gombert (1495), Charles Tournemire (1870), and Petrus de Cruce (1300). After him are Benjamin Godard (1849), Augusta Holmès (1847), Louise Bertin (1805), Maurice Emmanuel (1862), Claudin de Sermisy (1490), and George Onslow (1784).

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