COMPOSER

Gabriel Fauré

1845 - 1924

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Gabriel Urbain Fauré (12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers. Among his best-known works are his Pavane, Requiem, Sicilienne, nocturnes for piano and the songs "Après un rêve" and "Clair de lune". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gabriel Fauré has received more than 1,589,132 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia. Gabriel Fauré is the 73rd most popular composer (up from 77th in 2019), the 292nd most popular biography from France (down from 276th in 2019) and the 11th most popular French Composer.

Gabriel Fauré is most famous for his piano compositions.

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  • 61

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Gabriel Fauré ranks 73 out of 1,451. Before him are Anton Webern, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Alessandro Scarlatti, John Williams, Stefania Turkewich, and Alexander Scriabin. After him are Franz Lehár, Alexander Borodin, Leoš Janáček, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, and Hans Zimmer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1845, Gabriel Fauré ranks 7. Before him are Wilhelm Röntgen, Alexander III of Russia, Ludwig II of Bavaria, Georg Cantor, George I of Greece, and Gabriel Lippmann. After him are Élie Metchnikoff, Amadeo I of Spain, Carl Spitteler, Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, Ludwig III of Bavaria, and Abai Qunanbaiuly. Among people deceased in 1924, Gabriel Fauré ranks 9. Before him are Giacomo Puccini, Anatole France, Woodrow Wilson, Joseph Conrad, Louis Sullivan, and Alfred Marshall. After him are Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, Carl Spitteler, Frances Hodgson Burnett, George Mallory, Ferdinand Cheval, and Ferruccio Busoni.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gabriel Fauré ranks 292 out of 6,770. Before him are Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (1738), Francis de Sales (1567), Mireille Mathieu (1946), Louis Antoine de Saint-Just (1767), Roger Vadim (1928), and François Quesnay (1694). After him are Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757), Robert II of France (972), J. M. G. Le Clézio (1940), Jérôme Bonaparte (1784), Napoléon Louis Bonaparte (1804), and Germaine de Staël (1766).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Gabriel Fauré ranks 11. Before him are Hector Berlioz (1803), Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683), Camille Saint-Saëns (1835), Erik Satie (1866), Jules Massenet (1842), and Charles Gounod (1818). After him are Josquin des Prez (1450), François Couperin (1668), Olivier Messiaen (1908), Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1645), Léo Delibes (1836), and Francis Poulenc (1899).

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