COMPOSER

François Devienne

1759 - 1803

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François Devienne (French: [dəvjɛn]; 31 January 1759 – 5 September 1803) was a French composer of the Classical period and professor for flute at the Paris Conservatory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François Devienne has received more than 90,686 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. François Devienne is the 592nd most popular composer (down from 565th in 2019), the 2,463rd most popular biography from France (down from 2,313th in 2019) and the 86th most popular French Composer.

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  • 55.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, François Devienne ranks 592 out of 1,451. Before him are Malcolm Arnold, Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, Johann Ludwig Krebs, Leo Brouwer, Johann David Heinichen, and Leopold Koželuch. After him are Zbigniew Preisner, Franz Xaver Richter, Basil Poledouris, Alexander Arutiunian, Reinhard Keiser, and Luis de Milán.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1759, François Devienne ranks 19. Before him are Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Saxony, Friedrich August Wolf, Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg, Jacques Cathelineau, and Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach. After him are Johann Christian Reil, Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein, William Playfair, William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Franz Krommer, and James Edward Smith. Among people deceased in 1803, François Devienne ranks 19. Before him are Xenia of Saint Petersburg, Samuel Adams, Kirill Razumovski, Ercole III d'Este, Duke of Modena, Abdulaziz bin Muhammad Al Saud, and Samuel von Brukenthal. After him are William Hamilton, Gottfried van Swieten, Anders Chydenius, Nicolas Baudin, Arthur Guinness, and Jean-François de La Harpe.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Devienne ranks 2,463 out of 6,770. Before him are Yolanda of Courtenay (1197), Madeleine Vionnet (1876), Zygmunt Krasiński (1812), Henri Breuil (1877), Ezzo, Count Palatine of Lotharingia (955), and Quatremère de Quincy (1755). After him are Alexandre Exquemelin (1646), Henri Wallon (1879), Nicole Fontaine (1942), Gustave Boulanger (1824), Jean Dieudonné (1906), and Ford Madox Brown (1821).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, François Devienne ranks 86. Before him are Louis Couperin (1626), Jean-François Le Sueur (1760), Pierre Henry (1927), Henri Duparc (1848), Gabriel Pierné (1863), and Jean-Joseph de Mondonville (1711). After him are Jehan Alain (1911), Léon Boëllmann (1862), Claude Goudimel (1514), Jean Françaix (1912), Jean-François Dandrieu (1682), and Ferdinand Hérold (1791).

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