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Jeanne Demessieux

1921 - 1968

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Jeanne Marie-Madeleine Demessieux (13 February 1921 – 11 November 1968) was a French organist, pianist, composer, and teacher. She was the chief organist at Saint-Esprit for 29 years and at La Madeleine in Paris starting in 1962. She performed internationally as a concert organist and was the first female organist to sign a record contract. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jeanne Demessieux has received more than 72,807 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jeanne Demessieux is the 986th most popular composer (up from 1,005th in 2019), the 3,575th most popular biography from France (up from 3,585th in 2019) and the 134th most popular French Composer.

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  • 18

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Jeanne Demessieux ranks 986 out of 1,216. Before her are Gavriil Popov, José Vianna da Motta, Lars-Erik Larsson, Johann Adolf Scheibe, Aulis Sallinen, and Xian Xinghai. After her are Friedrich Gernsheim, Alessandro Grandi, Camargo Guarnieri, Chiquinha Gonzaga, Ahmet Adnan Saygun, and Emil von Sauer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Jeanne Demessieux ranks 232. Before her are Alexander Kemurdzhian, Bengt Danielsson, Isabella Karle, Imre Kovács, John Agar, and Simin Daneshvar. After her are Ken Adam, Jack Kramer, Lis Hartel, Paulo Evaristo Arns, Rodney Dangerfield, and Leo Penn. Among people deceased in 1968, Jeanne Demessieux ranks 124. Before her are Robert Z. Leonard, Leo Huberman, Fay Bainter, Fernando Giudicelli, Bobby Driscoll, and Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni. After her are Ruth St. Denis, Weegee, Vahram Papazian, Nikifor, Albert Betz, and Dorothy Gish.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jeanne Demessieux ranks 3,575 out of 6,011. Before her are Maurice Sachs (1906), Willy Sagnol (1977), Jean-Marie Duhamel (1797), Bernard Stiegler (1952), Anny Duperey (1947), and Georges Leygues (1857). After her are Albert Aurier (1865), Auguste Barbier (1805), Joseph Guillemot (1899), Bruno Dumont (1958), Philibert of Jumièges (608), and Jean de Brébeuf (1593).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Jeanne Demessieux ranks 134. Before her are Jean Mouton (1459), André Cardinal Destouches (1672), Baude Cordier (1364), André Gedalge (1856), Édouard Deldevez (1817), and Henri Sauguet (1901). After her are Paul Taffanel (1844), Antoine Duhamel (1925), Napoléon Henri Reber (1807), Philippe Verdelot (null), Jean Langlais (1907), and Félicien David (1810).

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