COMPOSER

Claude Debussy

1862 - 1918

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(Achille) Claude Debussy (French: [aʃil klod dəbysi]; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Claude Debussy has received more than 6,635,104 page views. His biography is available in 100 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 97 in 2019). Claude Debussy is the 25th most popular composer (down from 23rd in 2019), the 98th most popular biography from France (down from 63rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Composer.

Claude Debussy was a French composer who is most famous for his compositions of Impressionist music.

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  • 6.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 77.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 100

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Claude Debussy ranks 25 out of 1,451. Before him are Felix Mendelssohn, Georges Bizet, Claudio Monteverdi, Igor Stravinsky, Ennio Morricone, and Sergei Rachmaninoff. After him are Bedřich Smetana, Dmitri Shostakovich, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Jacques Offenbach, Christoph Willibald Gluck, and Maurice Ravel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Claude Debussy ranks 2. Before him is Gustav Klimt. After him are Maurice Maeterlinck, David Hilbert, Philipp Lenard, Gerhart Hauptmann, Allvar Gullstrand, Arthur Schnitzler, O. Henry, Aristide Briand, Hilma af Klint, and Niko Pirosmani. Among people deceased in 1918, Claude Debussy ranks 5. Before him are Nicholas II of Russia, Gustav Klimt, Abdul Hamid II, and Gavrilo Princip. After him are Manfred von Richthofen, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, Mehmed V, Guillaume Apollinaire, Egon Schiele, Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, and Georg Cantor.

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In France

Among people born in France, Claude Debussy ranks 98 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749), George Sand (1804), Marquis de Sade (1740), Caracalla (188), Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864), and Marcel Duchamp (1887). After him are Louis XI of France (1423), François Mitterrand (1916), Nicolas Poussin (1594), Philip II of France (1165), Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1520), and André Gide (1869).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Claude Debussy ranks 2. Before him are Georges Bizet (1838). After him are Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1520), Maurice Ravel (1875), Hector Berlioz (1803), Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683), Camille Saint-Saëns (1835), Erik Satie (1866), Jules Massenet (1842), Charles Gounod (1818), Gabriel Fauré (1845), and Josquin des Prez (1450).

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