COMPOSER

François Sudre

1787 - 1862

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Jean-François Sudre, also written Sudré (15 August 1787 – 3 October 1862), was a violinist, composer and music teacher who invented a musical language called la Langue musicale universelle or Solrésol. Sudre was born in Albi in southern France on 15 August 1787. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François Sudre has received more than 16,770 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. François Sudre is the 1,067th most popular composer (up from 1,118th in 2019), the 4,107th most popular biography from France (down from 4,017th in 2019) and the 147th most popular French Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, François Sudre ranks 1,067 out of 1,451Before him are Ahmet Adnan Saygun, Philippe Sarde, Félicien David, Frederic Rzewski, Ruperto Chapí, and Franghiz Ali-Zadeh. After him are Ture Rangström, Sergei Vasilenko, Peter H. Gilmore, Krešimir Baranović, Edvard Mirzoyan, and Tristan Murail.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1787, François Sudre ranks 40Before him are Michele Carafa, Ramón Freire, Sven Nilsson, José María Bocanegra, Joaquín Mosquera, and Manuel Dorrego. After him are Andrés Quintana Roo, Gaspard-Théodore-Ignace de la Fontaine, Johann Natterer, Samuel Cunard, Josephine Kablick, and John Richardson. Among people deceased in 1862, François Sudre ranks 45Before him are José María Bocanegra, Barbu Catargiu, Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning, Robert Knox, Frederick Townsend Ward, and Carlos Anaya. After him are František Škroup, Sofia Adlersparre, Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet, Felix de Muelenaere, Blanka Teleki, and Francisco Acuña de Figueroa.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Sudre ranks 4,107 out of 6,770Before him are Alice Milliat (1884), Jérôme Le Banner (1972), Jean Philippe (1931), Henri François d'Aguesseau (1668), Eugène Lanti (1879), and François Remetter (1928). After him are Victor Baltard (1805), Andrée Brunet (1901), Roger Lapébie (1911), Louis Vicat (1786), Louis Hémon (1880), and Gabrielle Réjane (1856).

Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, François Sudre ranks 147Before him are Édouard Colonne (1838), Paul Taffanel (1844), Victor Massé (1822), Antoine Duhamel (1925), Philippe Sarde (1948), and Félicien David (1810). After him are Tristan Murail (1947), Jean Langlais (1907), Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny (1729), Jean Barraqué (1928), Ernest Reyer (1823), and Philippe Verdelot (null).