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Marcel Dupré

1886 - 1971

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Marcel Jean-Jules Dupré (French pronunciation: [maʁsɛl dypʁe]; 3 May 1886 – 30 May 1971) was a French organist, composer, and pedagogue. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marcel Dupré has received more than 175,527 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Marcel Dupré is the 339th most popular composer (down from 269th in 2019), the 1,474th most popular biography from France (down from 1,200th in 2019) and the 54th most popular French Composer.

Marcel Dupré is best known for his oratorios, which are large-scale compositions for soloists, chorus, and orchestra.

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  • 180k

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  • 59.01

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  • 31

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  • 8.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Marcel Dupré ranks 339 out of 1,216Before him are Francesco Durante, Ignaz Moscheles, Heinrich Isaac, Samuel Scheidt, Mykola Leontovych, and Alfred Einstein. After him are Ernest Bloch, Francesco Cilea, Frank Martin, Cipriano de Rore, Viktor Ullmann, and Leroy Anderson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Marcel Dupré ranks 53Before him are Franz Rosenzweig, Alain-Fournier, Vittorio Pozzo, Tsuguharu Foujita, Raoul Hausmann, and Gottfried Benn. After him are Erich Fellgiebel, Giovanni Battista Caproni, Mary Wigman, Nobutake Kondō, Karl Korsch, and Willem Drees. Among people deceased in 1971, Marcel Dupré ranks 42Before him are Bernardo Houssay, Mathilde Kschessinska, Edie Sedgwick, Roy O. Disney, Raoul Hausmann, and Heinz Lammerding. After him are Archduchess Adelheid of Austria, Gene Vincent, Jo Siffert, Pedro Rodríguez, Georgy Dobrovolsky, and Reinhold Niebuhr.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marcel Dupré ranks 1,474 out of 6,011Before him are Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt (1773), Robert-François Damiens (1715), Charles Péguy (1873), Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (1517), Constance of Arles (974), and Abbé Pierre (1912). After him are Alain Poher (1909), Michel Butor (1926), Richardis (840), Bernard Kouchner (1939), Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (1749), and Diane de France (1538).

Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Marcel Dupré ranks 54Before him are André Campra (1660), Cécile Chaminade (1857), Louis-Claude Daquin (1694), Vincent d'Indy (1851), François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775), and Henri Dutilleux (1916). After him are Louis Marchand (1669), Michel Richard Delalande (1657), Georg Muffat (1653), Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689), Germaine Tailleferre (1892), and Yo-Yo Ma (1955).