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Louise Farrenc

1804 - 1875

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Louise Farrenc (née Jeanne-Louise Dumont; 31 May 1804 – 15 September 1875) was a French composer, virtuoso pianist and teacher of the Romantic period. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louise Farrenc has received more than 251,467 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Louise Farrenc is the 674th most popular composer (up from 751st in 2019), the 2,771st most popular biography from France (up from 2,924th in 2019) and the 96th most popular French Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Louise Farrencs by language

Over the past year Louise Farrenc has had the most page views in the with 41,312 views, followed by French (13,452), and German (12,203). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Polish (62.15%), Simple English (47.11%), and Italian (45.50%)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Louise Farrenc ranks 674 out of 1,451. Before her are Antoine Forqueray, Antônio Carlos Gomes, Alex North, Otakar Ševčík, Johann Joseph Abert, and Sergei Lyapunov. After her are Elfrida Andrée, Ferdinand David, Franchinus Gaffurius, Edmond Audran, Joseph Szigeti, and Leó Weiner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1804, Louise Farrenc ranks 39. Before her are Aleksander Chodźko, Julius Benedict, Charles II, Duke of Brunswick, Daniele Manin, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, and Louis-François-Clement Breguet. After her are Aleksey Khomyakov, John Gould, Constantin Hansen, Jim Bridger, Victor Schœlcher, and Pierre François Verhulst. Among people deceased in 1875, Louise Farrenc ranks 39. Before her are Edgar Quinet, Antoine-Louis Barye, Frederick William, Elector of Hesse, Henry Wilson, Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain, and January Suchodolski. After her are Georg Herwegh, Eugène Schneider, Marc Seguin, Charles Elliot, Charles Kingsley, and Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louise Farrenc ranks 2,771 out of 6,770. Before her are Alain Finkielkraut (1949), Alix, Duchess of Brittany (1200), Augustin Pajou (1730), Isabelle Aubret (1938), Bernard Werber (1961), and Eustace II, Count of Boulogne (1015). After her are Louis de Jaucourt (1704), André Pieyre de Mandiargues (1909), Bathilde d'Orléans (1750), Alexis Bouvard (1767), Georges Catroux (1877), and Pierre Brasseur (1905).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Louise Farrenc ranks 96. Before her are Jean Françaix (1912), Jean-François Dandrieu (1682), Ferdinand Hérold (1791), Charles Lecocq (1832), Antoine François Marmontel (1816), and Antoine Forqueray (1671). After her are Edmond Audran (1840), Antoine Brumel (1460), Nicolas-Charles Bochsa (1789), Michel Corrette (1707), Nicolas Gombert (1495), and Charles Tournemire (1870).

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