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Gérard Grisey

1946 - 1998

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Gérard Henri Grisey (; French: [ɡʁizɛ]; 17 June 1946 – 11 November 1998) was a twentieth-century French composer of contemporary classical music. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gérard Grisey has received more than 144,931 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Gérard Grisey is the 918th most popular composer (down from 851st in 2019), the 3,559th most popular biography from France (down from 3,182nd in 2019) and the 130th most popular French Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Gérard Grisey ranks 918 out of 1,451Before him are Elliott Carter, István Kertész, Silvestre Revueltas, Jan Kalivoda, François Francoeur, and Akira Ifukube. After him are Christoph Demantius, Alexander Goldenweiser, Johann Walter, Slavko Avsenik, Nicolas Isouard, and Baude Cordier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Gérard Grisey ranks 337Before him are Mick Ronson, Ricky Hui, Robert Urich, Vincent Pastore, Colin Bell, and Daryl Hall. After him are George Duke, Ricardo Maduro, Jane Asher, Slobodan Santrač, Emilio de Villota, and Debbi Wilkes. Among people deceased in 1998, Gérard Grisey ranks 153Before him are Mahbub ul Haq, Julio César Britos, Phil Hartman, Leo Penn, Rob Pilatus, and Fritz Buchloh. After him are Edwige Feuillère, Hermann Prey, Josep Escolà, Gunter d'Alquen, Haroun Tazieff, and Ed Ablowich.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gérard Grisey ranks 3,559 out of 6,770Before him are Patachou (1918), François Francoeur (1698), Pierre Fatou (1878), Jean Delumeau (1923), Jehanne D'Alcy (1865), and Pierre Charles Le Monnier (1715). After him are Léo Malet (1909), François de Troy (1645), Emmanuel Bove (1898), Jules Émile Planchon (1823), Ferdinand Brunetière (1849), and Léon Teisserenc de Bort (1855).

Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Gérard Grisey ranks 130Before him are Henri Tomasi (1901), Albéric Magnard (1865), Loyset Compère (1440), Philippe Gaubert (1879), Henri Rabaud (1873), and François Francoeur (1698). After him are Baude Cordier (1364), Napoléon Henri Reber (1807), Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély (1817), Guy Ropartz (1864), Henri Sauguet (1901), and Nicolas Dalayrac (1753).