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Fromental Halévy

1799 - 1862

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Jacques-François-Fromental-Élie Halévy, usually known as Fromental Halévy (French: [fʁɔmɑ̃tal alevi]; 27 May 1799 – 17 March 1862), was a French composer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fromental Halévy has received more than 181,080 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Fromental Halévy is the 265th most popular composer (down from 245th in 2019), the 1,204th most popular biography from France (down from 1,128th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular French Composer.

Fromental Halévy is most famous for his opera La Juive, which is a romantic tragedy.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Fromental Halévies by language

Over the past year Fromental Halévy has had the most page views in the with 19,853 views, followed by French (8,469), and German (5,158). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are German (137.70%), Chinese (121.54%), and Latin (83.19%)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Fromental Halévy ranks 265 out of 1,451. Before him are Antonia Brico, Johann Christoph Bach, Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov, Dimitri Tiomkin, Johann Mattheson, and Carl Friedrich Abel. After him are Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Hanns Eisler, Engelbert Humperdinck, Ernst von Dohnányi, Georges Auric, and Gioseffo Zarlino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1799, Fromental Halévy ranks 11. Before him are Mary Anning, William Lassell, Gustav, Prince of Vasa, Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander, Karl Bryullov, and Charles II, Duke of Parma. After him are Anna Atkins, Christian Friedrich Schönbein, Rodolphe Töpffer, Karl Adolph von Basedow, Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, and John Lindley. Among people deceased in 1862, Fromental Halévy ranks 11. Before him are John Tyler, Bahadur Shah Zafar, Mikhail Ostrogradsky, James Clark Ross, Božena Němcová, and Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz. After him are Karl Nesselrode, Elizabeth Siddal, Henry Thomas Buckle, Princess Maria Antonia Koháry, Hon'inbō Shūsaku, and Carlos Antonio López.

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In France

Among people born in France, Fromental Halévy ranks 1,204 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis Jacques Thénard (1777), Jean Todt (1946), Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (1838), Alain de Benoist (1943), Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (1749), and Francis III, Duke of Brittany (1518). After him are Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy (1334), Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (1767), Armand Guillaumin (1841), Georges Duby (1919), Henry, Count of Portugal (1066), and Jean Bart (1650).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Fromental Halévy ranks 43. Before him are Albert Roussel (1869), Pierre Schaeffer (1910), Jacques Ibert (1890), Ambroise Thomas (1811), Emmanuel Chabrier (1841), and Marcel Dupré (1886). After him are Georges Auric (1899), Louis-Claude Daquin (1694), Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766), Jaufre Rudel (1125), François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775), and Henri Dutilleux (1916).

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