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François-Joseph Fétis

1784 - 1871

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François-Joseph Fétis (French: [fetis]; 25 March 1784 – 26 March 1871) was a Belgian musicologist, critic, teacher and composer. He was among the most influential music intellectuals in continental Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François-Joseph Fétis has received more than 100,947 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). François-Joseph Fétis is the 531st most popular composer (up from 635th in 2019), the 263rd most popular biography from Belgium (up from 309th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Belgian Composer.

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  • 20

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  • 1.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, François-Joseph Fétis ranks 531 out of 1,451. Before him are Hans Swarowsky, Johann Christoph Bach, Hervé, Boris Lyatoshinsky, Michael Kamen, and Ivan Zajc. After him are Edgard Varèse, Luigi Rossi, Paul Bowles, Louis Couperin, George Antheil, and Vicente Martín y Soler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1784, François-Joseph Fétis ranks 25. Before him are Duchess Charlotte Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Moses Montefiore, Ferdinand Ries, George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Fructuoso Rivera, and Dionisio Aguado y García. After him are Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Sándor Kőrösi Csoma, Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest, William Buckland, and George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe. Among people deceased in 1871, François-Joseph Fétis ranks 23. Before him are Jarosław Dąbrowski, Anselme Payen, Princess Leopoldina of Brazil, Charles Paul de Kock, Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha, and Moritz von Schwind. After him are Pierre Leroux, Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail, Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel, August Immanuel Bekker, and Prince Gaetan, Count of Girgenti.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, François-Joseph Fétis ranks 263 out of 1,190. Before him are Gillis van Coninxloo (1544), Pierre Deligne (1944), Michel de Ghelderode (1898), Adam Frans van der Meulen (1632), John of Ruusbroec (1293), and Pierre de Decker (1812). After him are Cornelis Floris de Vriendt (1514), Frans Pourbus the Younger (1569), Fernando (null), Jean Stas (1813), Lucien Van Impe (1946), and Princess Amélie Louise of Arenberg (1789).

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Among COMPOSERS In Belgium

Among composers born in Belgium, François-Joseph Fétis ranks 21. Before him are Alexander Agricola (1446), Johannes Tinctoris (1435), Pierre de la Rue (1460), Jean Absil (1893), Charles Auguste de Bériot (1802), and Guillaume Lekeu (1870). After him are Johannes Ciconia (1370), Philippe Herreweghe (1947), Hucbald (840), Joseph Jongen (1873), Wim Mertens (1953), and Philippe de Monte (1521).

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