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Jean Françaix

1912 - 1997

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Jean René Désiré Françaix (French: [fʁɑ̃sɛ]; 23 May 1912, in Le Mans – 25 September 1997, in Paris) was a French neoclassical composer, pianist, and orchestrator, known for his prolific output and vibrant style. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Françaix has received more than 137,682 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Jean Françaix is the 524th most popular composer (up from 608th in 2019), the 2,143rd most popular biography from France (up from 2,396th in 2019) and the 77th most popular French Composer.

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  • 140k

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  • 55.58

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Jean Françaix ranks 524 out of 1,216Before him are Manuel Ponce, Ferenc Erkel, Hervé, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Edgard Varèse, and Gershon Kingsley. After him are Alexandre Guilmant, Johann Georg Pisendel, Eleni Karaindrou, Riz Ortolani, Zbigniew Preisner, and Christian Sinding.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Jean Françaix ranks 107Before him are Nereo Rocco, Fritz Fischer, Barbara Hutton, Gordon Gollob, Fernando Belaúnde Terry, and Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark. After him are Edmond Jabès, Salah al-Din al-Bitar, Marcel Camus, Joachim Schepke, Nancy Wake, and Kaneto Shindo. Among people deceased in 1997, Jean Françaix ranks 86Before him are Hastings Banda, François Furet, Virgilio Barco Vargas, Andrew Cunanan, Walter Gotell, and Bo Widerberg. After him are Jean-Dominique Bauby, Allan Edwall, Lyman Spitzer, Héctor Yazalde, Michael Hutchence, and Andrés Rodríguez.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Françaix ranks 2,143 out of 6,011Before him are Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (1725), Roger Peyrefitte (1907), Jacques Audiard (1952), Henry II, Duke of Guise (1614), Jean Girault (1924), and Ivo of Chartres (1040). After him are Maria of Navarre (1326), Alexandre Guilmant (1837), Amalric of Bena (1150), François Laurent d'Arlandes (1742), Gilbert de la Porrée (1070), and Manitas de Plata (1921).

Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Jean Françaix ranks 77Before him are Henri Duparc (1848), Ferdinand Hérold (1791), Antoine Busnois (1430), Théodore Dubois (1837), Hervé (1825), and Edgard Varèse (1883). After him are Alexandre Guilmant (1837), Gabriel Pierné (1863), Louis Couperin (1626), Pierre Henry (1927), François Devienne (1759), and Jehan Alain (1911).