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François-Adrien Boieldieu

1775 - 1834

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François-Adrien Boieldieu (pronounced [fʁɑ̃.swa a.dʁi.(j)ɛ̃ bɔ.jɛl.djø], also [bwa(.ɛ)l.djø]) (16 December 1775 – 8 October 1834) was a French composer, mainly of operas, often called "the French Mozart". His date of birth was given as December 15 by his biographer Lucien Augé de Lassus (b. 1841) and as September 15 by some local press releases. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François-Adrien Boieldieu has received more than 114,062 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). François-Adrien Boieldieu is the 296th most popular composer (up from 326th in 2019), the 1,346th most popular biography from France (up from 1,423rd in 2019) and the 48th most popular French Composer.

François-Adrien Boieldieu is most famous for composing the opera La Dame Blanche, which was first performed in 1825.

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  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, François-Adrien Boieldieu ranks 296 out of 1,451. Before him are Keith Emerson, Alberto Ginastera, Jaufre Rudel, Miklós Rózsa, Georg Böhm, and Eugen d'Albert. After him are Eduard Hanslick, Joseph Lanner, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Josef Mysliveček, Klaus Schulze, and Reynaldo Hahn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1775, François-Adrien Boieldieu ranks 14. Before him are Bahadur Shah Zafar, Carlota Joaquina of Spain, Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, Adam Albert von Neipperg, Georg Friedrich Grotefend, and Ching Shih. After him are Étienne-Louis Malus, Matthew Lewis, Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle, Farkas Bolyai, Teréz Brunszvik, and Camillo Borghese, 6th Prince of Sulmona. Among people deceased in 1834, François-Adrien Boieldieu ranks 11. Before him are Joseph Marie Jacquard, Sunjo of Joseon, Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Alois Senefelder, and William Carey. After him are Husein Gradaščević, Jacques Balmat, Karl Ludwig Harding, Infanta Maria Francisca of Braganza, Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach, and Éleuthère Irénée du Pont.

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In France

Among people born in France, François-Adrien Boieldieu ranks 1,346 out of 6,770. Before him are Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine (1609), Édouard Mortier, Duke of Trévise (1768), John Eudes (1601), Michel Serres (1930), Jean-Baptiste Regnault (1754), and Raymond Domenech (1952). After him are Antonio I, Prince of Monaco (1661), Aegidius (450), Adalbert of Magdeburg (910), André Michelin (1853), Louis III of Anjou (1403), and Richardis (840).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, François-Adrien Boieldieu ranks 48. Before him are Marcel Dupré (1886), Fromental Halévy (1799), Georges Auric (1899), Louis-Claude Daquin (1694), Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766), and Jaufre Rudel (1125). After him are Henri Dutilleux (1916), Clément Janequin (1485), Cécile Chaminade (1857), André Campra (1660), Vincent d'Indy (1851), and Gustave Charpentier (1860).

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