COMPOSER

Lili Boulanger

1893 - 1918

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Marie-Juliette Olga "Lili" Boulanger (French: [maʁi ʒyljɛt lili bulɑ̃ʒe] ; 21 August 1893 – 15 March 1918) was a French composer and the first female winner of the Prix de Rome composition prize. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lili Boulanger has received more than 526,832 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Lili Boulanger is the 218th most popular composer (up from 226th in 2019), the 1,021st most popular biography from France (up from 1,029th in 2019) and the 34th most popular French Composer.

Lili Boulanger is most famous for being the first woman to win the Prix de Rome, a prestigious French prize for composition.

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  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Lili Boulanger ranks 218 out of 1,451. Before her are Franz von Suppé, Niccolò Piccinni, Howard Shore, Francesco Landini, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, and Maurizio Pollini. After her are Andrea Gabrieli, Ion Ivanovici, Nicola Porpora, Ernest Chausson, Jerry Goldsmith, and Johann Ambrosius Bach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Lili Boulanger ranks 41. Before her are Edward G. Robinson, Viktor Shklovsky, Leslie Howard, Hans Fallada, Walter Baade, and Prince Paul of Yugoslavia. After her are Mae West, Lillian Gish, Ana Pauker, Lucien Tesnière, Jomo Kenyatta, and Clemens Krauss. Among people deceased in 1918, Lili Boulanger ranks 37. Before her are Ferdinand Hodler, Edmond Rostand, Hermann Cohen, Arrigo Boito, Paul Vidal de La Blache, and Frank Wedekind. After her are István Tisza, Eusebi Güell, Andrew Dickson White, Anna Dostoevskaya, Emil Jellinek, and Stepan Shaumian.

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In France

Among people born in France, Lili Boulanger ranks 1,021 out of 6,770. Before her are Villard de Honnecourt (1200), Agnes of Poitou (1025), Tetricus I (250), Raymond of Poitiers (1115), Louis Malle (1932), and Princess Clémentine of Orléans (1817). After her are Jean Dausset (1916), René Cassin (1887), Maurice Druon (1918), Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry (1778), Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien (1772), and Anne Marie d'Orléans (1669).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Lili Boulanger ranks 34. Before her are Pierre Boulez (1925), Michel Legrand (1932), Léonin (1135), Francis Lai (1932), Philippe de Vitry (1291), and Pauline Viardot (1821). After her are Ernest Chausson (1855), Charles-Marie Widor (1844), Albert Roussel (1869), Pierre Schaeffer (1910), Jacques Ibert (1890), and Ambroise Thomas (1811).

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