COMPOSER

Francis Poulenc

1899 - 1963

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Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (French: [fʁɑ̃sis ʒɑ̃ maʁsɛl pulɛ̃k]; 7 January 1899 – 30 January 1963) was a French composer and pianist. His compositions include songs, solo piano works, chamber music, choral pieces, operas, ballets, and orchestral concert music. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francis Poulenc has received more than 1,290,049 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Francis Poulenc is the 102nd most popular composer (up from 106th in 2019), the 459th most popular biography from France (down from 433rd in 2019) and the 17th most popular French Composer.

Francis Poulenc is most famous for his compositions, which are often lighthearted and humorous.

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  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 73.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Francis Poulenc ranks 102 out of 1,451. Before him are Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Léo Delibes, John Cage, Arvo Pärt, and Jacopo Peri. After him are Zoltán Kodály, Adolphe Adam, Paul Hindemith, Heinrich Schütz, Manuel de Falla, and Carlo Gesualdo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Francis Poulenc ranks 15. Before him are Lavrentiy Beria, Yasunari Kawabata, Humphrey Bogart, László Bíró, Fred Astaire, and Duke Ellington. After him are Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Miguel Ángel Asturias, Adnan Menderes, Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, Béla Guttmann, and Albert Claude. Among people deceased in 1963, Francis Poulenc ranks 17. Before him are Tristan Tzara, C. S. Lewis, Abd el-Krim, Yasujirō Ozu, Nâzım Hikmet, and Theodor Heuss. After him are Sylvia Plath, Paul Hindemith, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Herbert Spencer Gasser, Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria, and Thích Quảng Đức.

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In France

Among people born in France, Francis Poulenc ranks 459 out of 6,770. Before him are Suzanne Valadon (1865), Henri, Count of Chambord (1820), Ludwig I of Bavaria (1786), François Arago (1786), Gregory of Tours (538), and Emmanuel Macron (1977). After him are Luc Besson (1959), Caroline Bonaparte (1782), François-Noël Babeuf (1760), Jeanne Moreau (1928), Annie Girardot (1931), and André Derain (1880).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Francis Poulenc ranks 17. Before him are Gabriel Fauré (1845), Josquin des Prez (1450), François Couperin (1668), Olivier Messiaen (1908), Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1645), and Léo Delibes (1836). After him are Adolphe Adam (1803), Arthur Honegger (1892), Daniel Auber (1782), Maurice Jarre (1924), Pérotin (1160), and Marin Marais (1656).

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