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Louis Marchand

1669 - 1732

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Louis Marchand (2 February 1669 – 17 February 1732) was a French organist, harpsichordist and composer. Born into an organist's family, Marchand was a child prodigy and quickly established himself as one of the best known French virtuosos of his time. He worked as organist of numerous churches and, for a few years, as one of the four organistes du roy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Marchand has received more than 71,874 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Louis Marchand is the 346th most popular composer (up from 350th in 2019), the 1,560th most popular biography from France (down from 1,520th in 2019) and the 55th most popular French Composer.

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.52

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  • 1.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Louis Marchand ranks 346 out of 1,451. Before him are Viktor Ullmann, Johann Schein, Pietro Della Valle, Hans Leo Hassler, Frank Martin, and György Kurtág. After him are Elmer Bernstein, Sergei Taneyev, Johann Kuhnau, Germaine Tailleferre, Karl Richter, and Vladimir Cosma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1669, Louis Marchand ranks 3. Before him are Yevdokiya Lopukhina, and Anne Marie d'Orléans. After him are Wirich Philipp von Daun, Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, Isabel Luísa, Princess of Beira, Maria Antonia of Austria, Davit Bek, Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt, Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Sébastien Vaillant, and Jacob Bruce. Among people deceased in 1732, Louis Marchand ranks 4. Before him are Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia, Emperor Reigen, and Woodes Rogers. After him are André Charles Boulle, John Gay, Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach, Joseph Johann Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein, Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg, Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and Marie Thérèse de Bourbon.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis Marchand ranks 1,560 out of 6,770. Before him are Olivier Giroud (1986), Roger Lemerre (1941), Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam (1464), Théodule-Armand Ribot (1839), Isabella of Bourbon (1437), and Georges Bidault (1899). After him are Louis Claude de Saint-Martin (1743), Xavier de Maistre (1763), Édouard Herriot (1872), Robert de Montesquiou (1855), Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé (1736), and Jane Avril (1868).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Louis Marchand ranks 55. Before him are Henri Dutilleux (1916), Clément Janequin (1485), Cécile Chaminade (1857), André Campra (1660), Vincent d'Indy (1851), and Gustave Charpentier (1860). After him are Germaine Tailleferre (1892), Michel Richard Delalande (1657), Charles Koechlin (1867), Georges Delerue (1925), Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689), and Yo-Yo Ma (1955).

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