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Félicien David

1810 - 1876

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Félicien-César David (13 April 1810 – 29 August 1876) was a French composer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Félicien David has received more than 87,575 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Félicien David is the 1,063rd most popular composer (down from 1,052nd in 2019), the 4,096th most popular biography from France (down from 3,824th in 2019) and the 146th most popular French Composer.

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  • 88k

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  • 49.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Félicien David ranks 1,063 out of 1,451Before him are Hugo Distler, Frederick Loewe, Sándor Végh, Halfdan Kjerulf, Ahmet Adnan Saygun, and Philippe Sarde. After him are Frederic Rzewski, Ruperto Chapí, Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, François Sudre, Ture Rangström, and Sergei Vasilenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Félicien David ranks 72Before him are Miklós Barabás, Jules Malou, Philip Henry Gosse, Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau, Eliza McCardle Johnson, and Fritz Reuter. After him are William Froude, Alexander Bain, Baron Ignaz von Plener, Paul Kane, Francis de Laporte de Castelnau, and Johan August Wahlberg. Among people deceased in 1876, Félicien David ranks 51Before him are Duke Georg August of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Joseph Böhm, Count Anton Alexander von Auersperg, Salim bin Thuwaini, Eliza McCardle Johnson, and Anna Russell. After him are Adolph Tidemand, Theodor von Heuglin, Johannes Rebmann, Janko Kráľ, Edward William Lane, and Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz.

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In France

Among people born in France, Félicien David ranks 4,096 out of 6,770Before him are Viktor Lazlo (1960), Gérard Pirès (1942), Yves Boisset (1939), Louis-Ernest Barrias (1841), Claude Nougaro (1929), and Philippe Sarde (1948). After him are Arnaud Denjoy (1884), Olivier Marchal (1958), Pierre-Louis Lions (1956), Georges Balandier (1920), Alice Milliat (1884), and Jérôme Le Banner (1972).

Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Félicien David ranks 146Before him are André Gedalge (1856), Édouard Colonne (1838), Paul Taffanel (1844), Victor Massé (1822), Antoine Duhamel (1925), and Philippe Sarde (1948). After him are François Sudre (1787), Tristan Murail (1947), Jean Langlais (1907), Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny (1729), Jean Barraqué (1928), and Ernest Reyer (1823).