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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 1,195,824 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Francis Poulenc is the 106th most popular composer (up from 110th in 2019), the 433rd most popular biography from France (down from 424th 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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  • 51

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  • 9.42

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Francis Poulenc ranks 106 out of 1,216Before him are Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Guillaume Du Fay, Joaquín Rodrigo, Benjamin Britten, Muzio Clementi, and Mikhail Glinka. After him are Francisco Tárrega, Mily Balakirev, Heinrich Schütz, Adolphe Adam, Alma Mahler, and Giulio Caccini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Francis Poulenc ranks 14Before him are Humphrey Bogart, Lavrentiy Beria, Yasunari Kawabata, Frederick IX of Denmark, László Bíró, and Fred Astaire. After him are Adnan Menderes, Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, Duke Ellington, Erich Kästner, Miguel Ángel Asturias, and Béla Guttmann. Among people deceased in 1963, Francis Poulenc ranks 16Before him are Tristan Tzara, Ngo Dinh Diem, C. S. Lewis, Abd el-Krim, Paul Hindemith, and Nâzım Hikmet. After him are Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria, Sylvia Plath, Theodor Heuss, Thích Quảng Đức, Yasujirō Ozu, and Herbert Spencer Gasser.

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In France

Among people born in France, Francis Poulenc ranks 433 out of 6,011Before him are Napoléon, Prince Imperial (1856), Patrice de MacMahon (1808), Arthur de Gobineau (1816), Éric Rohmer (1920), Théophile Gautier (1811), and Auguste Escoffier (1847). After him are Louis, Grand Condé (1621), Brigitte Macron (1953), Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881), Marquis de Condorcet (1743), Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France (1781), and Jacques Tati (1907).

Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Francis Poulenc ranks 17Before him are Jules Massenet (1842), Gabriel Fauré (1845), Olivier Messiaen (1908), François Couperin (1668), Léo Delibes (1836), and Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1645). After him are Adolphe Adam (1803), Arthur Honegger (1892), Pérotin (1160), Paul Dukas (1865), Maurice Jarre (1924), and Pierre Boulez (1925).