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François Couperin

1668 - 1733

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François Couperin (French: [fʁɑ̃swa kupʁɛ̃]; 10 November 1668 – 11 September 1733) was a French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François Couperin has received more than 504,380 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). François Couperin is the 87th most popular composer (up from 88th in 2019), the 332nd most popular biography from France (down from 328th in 2019) and the 14th most popular French Composer.

François Couperin is most famous for his work in the harpsichord and organ.

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  • 500k

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  • 70.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, François Couperin ranks 87 out of 1,216. Before him are Hans Zimmer, Luigi Boccherini, César Franck, Leoš Janáček, Alban Berg, and Olivier Messiaen. After him are John Cage, Leonard Bernstein, Pietro Mascagni, Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Luigi Cherubini, and Léo Delibes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1668, François Couperin ranks 2. Before him is Giambattista Vico. After him are Alain-René Lesage, Herman Boerhaave, Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, Sultan Husayn, John George IV, Elector of Saxony, Francesco Gasparini, Louis, Prince of Condé, Apostolo Zeno, and Petr Brandl. Among people deceased in 1733, François Couperin ranks 2. Before him is Augustus II the Strong. After him are Bernard Mandeville, Tsarevna Catherine Ivanovna of Russia, Georg Böhm, Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, Pieter van der Aa, Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg, Robert de Visée, Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Nicolas Coustou, and John Christian, Count Palatine of Sulzbach.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Couperin ranks 332 out of 6,011. Before him are Denis Papin (1647), Marcel Marceau (1923), Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1275), Claude of France (1499), Olivier Messiaen (1908), and Georges-Eugène Haussmann (1809). After him are Robert Guiscard (1016), Jean-Baptiste Say (1767), Mireille Mathieu (1946), Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1674), Diane de Poitiers (1499), and Jean Renoir (1894).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, François Couperin ranks 14. Before him are Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683), Charles Gounod (1818), Josquin des Prez (1450), Jules Massenet (1842), Gabriel Fauré (1845), and Olivier Messiaen (1908). After him are Léo Delibes (1836), Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1645), Francis Poulenc (1899), Adolphe Adam (1803), Arthur Honegger (1892), and Pérotin (1160).

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