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Jean-François Le Sueur

1760 - 1837

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Jean-François Le Sueur (more commonly Lesueur; French: [ʒɑ̃ fʁɑ̃swa lə sɥœʁ]; 15 February 1760 – 6 October 1837) was a French composer, best known for his oratorios and operas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-François Le Sueur has received more than 51,123 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Jean-François Le Sueur is the 548th most popular composer (up from 590th in 2019), the 2,275th most popular biography from France (up from 2,426th in 2019) and the 81st most popular French Composer.

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  • 51k

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  • 56.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Jean-François Le Sueur ranks 548 out of 1,451. Before him are Pietro Nardini, Gershon Kingsley, Johannes Ciconia, Hans Krása, Luis Bacalov, and Frederick Delius. After him are Hermann Abendroth, Stephen Sondheim, Johann Crüger, William Walton, Bálint Bakfark, and Pierre Henry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1760, Jean-François Le Sueur ranks 14. Before him are François-Noël Babeuf, Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, Johan Gadolin, August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Jan Ladislav Dussek, and Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein. After him are Akbar II, Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de Lameth, Johann Peter Hebel, William Beckford, Georg Franz Hoffmann, and Louis-Michel le Peletier, marquis de Saint-Fargeau. Among people deceased in 1837, Jean-François Le Sueur ranks 21. Before him are Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Adam Afzelius, Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria, 10th Dalai Lama, Ludwig Börne, and William George Horner. After him are Mariano José de Larra, Gaspar del Bufalo, Akbar II, Marguerite Gérard, John Latham, and François-Xavier Fabre.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-François Le Sueur ranks 2,275 out of 6,770. Before him are Bernard Collomb (1930), Julien Gracq (1910), Roland Petit (1924), Matthieu Ricard (1946), Sophie Blanchard (1778), and Guy Marchand (1937). After him are Duke Alexander of Württemberg (1771), Hugo Lloris (1986), Thomas Robert Bugeaud (1784), Jean Behra (1921), Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine (1608), and Jean-Pierre Jarier (1946).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Jean-François Le Sueur ranks 81. Before him are Alexandre Desplat (1961), Alexandre Guilmant (1837), Jean-Féry Rebel (1666), Hervé (1825), Edgard Varèse (1883), and Louis Couperin (1626). After him are Pierre Henry (1927), Henri Duparc (1848), Gabriel Pierné (1863), Jean-Joseph de Mondonville (1711), François Devienne (1759), and Jehan Alain (1911).

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