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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 754,923 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). César Franck is the 83rd most popular composer (up from 91st in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Belgium (up from 36th in 2019) and the 2nd 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 83 out of 1,216Before him are Gabriel Fauré, Franz Lehár, Carl Czerny, Nino Rota, Hans Zimmer, and Luigi Boccherini. After him are Leoš Janáček, Alban Berg, Olivier Messiaen, François Couperin, John Cage, and Leonard Bernstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1822, César Franck ranks 6Before him are Louis Pasteur, Ulysses S. Grant, Gregor Mendel, Heinrich Schliemann, and Frédéric Passy. After him are Rudolf Clausius, Francis Galton, Rutherford B. Hayes, Étienne Lenoir, Midhat Pasha, and Charles Hermite. Among people deceased in 1890, César Franck ranks 5Before him are Vincent van Gogh, Heinrich Schliemann, Carlo Collodi, and Sitting Bull. After him are William III of the Netherlands, Amadeo I of Spain, Gyula Andrássy, Duchess Helene in Bavaria, Henri Nestlé, Joseph Merrick, and Richard Francis Burton.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, César Franck ranks 32 out of 1,019Before him are Albert I of Belgium (1875), Jean-Claude Van Damme (1960), Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1697), Jacques Brel (1929), Mary of Hungary (1505), and Baudouin of Belgium (1930). After him are William III of the Netherlands (1817), Hergé (1907), Eleanor of Austria (1498), Pepin of Herstal (635), Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564), and Victor Horta (1861).

Among COMPOSERS In Belgium

Among composers born in Belgium, César Franck ranks 2Before him are Orlande de Lassus (1534). After him are Guillaume Du Fay (1397), Johannes Ockeghem (1410), Adrian Willaert (1490), Gilles Binchois (1400), Eugène Ysaÿe (1858), Henri Vieuxtemps (1820), Jacob Obrecht (1457), André Grétry (1741), Jacques Arcadelt (1507), and Pierre De Geyter (1848).