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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 78,787 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Jeanne Demessieux is the 1,169th most popular composer (down from 985th in 2019), the 4,448th most popular biography from France (down from 3,559th in 2019) and the 157th most popular French Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Jeanne Demessieux ranks 1,169 out of 1,451. Before her are Dario Marianelli, John Corigliano, Arthur Benjamin, Conlon Nancarrow, William Schuman, and Francisco Mignone. After her are Alf Clausen, Kōsaku Yamada, Michel Colombier, Valeri Brainin, Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson, and Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Jeanne Demessieux ranks 316. Before her are George Nader, Ferenc Karinthy, Ottavio Missoni, Alan Freed, Sahir Ludhianvi, and Kees de Jager. After her are Tafari Benti, Antonino Rocca, Ilka Gedő, Mikayil Abdullayev, Egon Jönsson, and Richard Egan. Among people deceased in 1968, Jeanne Demessieux ranks 195. Before her are Antonio Pesenti, Luigi Cevenini, Willy Jäggi, Francis Biddle, Tim Ahearne, and Branislav Sekulić. After her are Cai Chusheng, Martin Frič, Sid Kimpton, Martin Noth, León Felipe, and William Jordan.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jeanne Demessieux ranks 4,448 out of 6,770. Before her are Auguste Duméril (1812), Francis Biddle (1886), Chantal Lauby (1948), Frédérick Tristan (1931), Victor Puiseux (1820), and Cyrille Guimard (1947). After her are Albert Londres (1884), Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway (1648), Claudie Haigneré (1957), Nina Companeez (1937), Régine Deforges (1935), and Charles Blondin (1824).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Jeanne Demessieux ranks 157. Before her are Jean Barraqué (1928), Ernest Reyer (1823), Philippe Verdelot (null), Betsy Jolas (1926), Robert Planquette (1848), and Jean-Joseph Mouret (1682). After her are Michel Colombier (1939), André Messager (1853), Camille Erlanger (1863), Paul Le Flem (1881), Pascal Dusapin (1955), and Christian Wolff (1934).

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