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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 541,874 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia. François Couperin is the 87th most popular composer, the 333rd most popular biography from France (down from 332nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular French Composer.

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

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  • 540k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 74.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, François Couperin ranks 87 out of 1,451. Before him are Mikis Theodorakis, Alban Berg, Carl Czerny, Josquin des Prez, Nino Rota, and George Gershwin. After him are Luigi Cherubini, Luigi Boccherini, Pietro Mascagni, Olivier Messiaen, Guillaume Du Fay, and Alma Mahler.

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Contemporaries

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

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In France

Among people born in France, François Couperin ranks 333 out of 6,770. Before him are Anne of Brittany (1477), Josquin des Prez (1450), Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1275), Colette (1873), Luc Montagnier (1932), and Louis VI of France (1081). After him are Sophie Germain (1776), Nadar (1820), Pierre Beaumarchais (1732), Chrétien de Troyes (1135), Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan (1640), and Robert I, Duke of Normandy (1010).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, François Couperin ranks 13. Before him are Camille Saint-Saëns (1835), Erik Satie (1866), Jules Massenet (1842), Charles Gounod (1818), Gabriel Fauré (1845), and Josquin des Prez (1450). After him are Olivier Messiaen (1908), Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1645), Léo Delibes (1836), Francis Poulenc (1899), Adolphe Adam (1803), and Arthur Honegger (1892).

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