COMPOSER

Germaine Tailleferre

1892 - 1983

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Germaine Tailleferre (French: [ʒɛʁmɛn tɑjfɛʁ]; born Marcelle Germaine Taillefesse; 19 April 1892 – 7 November 1983) was a French composer and the only female member of the group of composers known as Les Six. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Germaine Tailleferre has received more than 237,686 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Germaine Tailleferre is the 350th most popular composer (up from 381st in 2019), the 1,588th most popular biography from France (up from 1,627th in 2019) and the 56th most popular French Composer.

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  • 240k

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  • 59.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Germaine Tailleferre ranks 350 out of 1,451. Before her are Frank Martin, György Kurtág, Louis Marchand, Elmer Bernstein, Sergei Taneyev, and Johann Kuhnau. After her are Karl Richter, Vladimir Cosma, Josef Rheinberger, Hugo Riemann, Ichirou Mizuki, and Michel Richard Delalande.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Germaine Tailleferre ranks 70. Before her are Guo Moruo, Paul Abraham, Alfonsina Storni, Marcel Dassault, Edith Södergran, and Mikhail Gurevich. After her are S. R. Ranganathan, César Vallejo, Günther Blumentritt, Andrés Nin Pérez, Basil Rathbone, and Mirsaid Sultan-Galiev. Among people deceased in 1983, Germaine Tailleferre ranks 46. Before her are Rodolfo Gucci, Pridi Banomyong, Joan Robinson, Dolores del Río, Vladimir Gelfand, and Georges Bidault. After her are Robert Aldrich, Nicolaus von Below, Walther Nehring, Kurt Tank, Karen Carpenter, and Norma Shearer.

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In France

Among people born in France, Germaine Tailleferre ranks 1,588 out of 6,770. Before her are Frank Darabont (1959), Arletty (1898), Émile Gaboriau (1832), William of Champeaux (1070), Anne Gonzaga (1616), and Julien Duvivier (1896). After her are Séraphine Louis (1864), Marie-Christine Barrault (1944), Émile Chartier (1868), Pierre Varignon (1654), Claude Françoise de Lorraine (1612), and Mahaut, Countess of Artois (1269).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Germaine Tailleferre ranks 56. Before her are Clément Janequin (1485), Cécile Chaminade (1857), André Campra (1660), Vincent d'Indy (1851), Gustave Charpentier (1860), and Louis Marchand (1669). After her are Michel Richard Delalande (1657), Charles Koechlin (1867), Georges Delerue (1925), Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689), Yo-Yo Ma (1955), and Jacques-Martin Hotteterre (1673).

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