COMPOSER

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 189,462 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Marcel Dupré is the 254th most popular composer (up from 339th in 2019), the 1,154th most popular biography from France (up from 1,469th in 2019) and the 42nd 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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  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Marcel Dupré ranks 254 out of 1,451. Before him are Pierre Schaeffer, Jacques Ibert, Ambroise Thomas, Clemens Krauss, Emmanuel Chabrier, and Francesco Geminiani. After him are Anton Reicha, Franz Xaver Gruber, Irving Berlin, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Antonia Brico, and Johann Christoph Bach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Marcel Dupré ranks 42. Before him are Garegin Nzhdeh, Vittorio Pozzo, Henri Coandă, Paul Tillich, Aron Nimzowitsch, and Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel. After him are Franz Rosenzweig, Dong Biwu, Edward C. Tolman, Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Alain-Fournier, and Gottfried Benn. Among people deceased in 1971, Marcel Dupré ranks 31. Before him are Igor Tamm, Lothar Rendulic, Wendell Meredith Stanley, Rudolf Abel, Jacobo Árbenz, and Roy O. Disney. After him are Pier Angeli, Violet Jessop, Max Steiner, Johannes Frießner, Bernardo Houssay, and John Boyd Orr.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marcel Dupré ranks 1,154 out of 6,770. Before him are Jeanne d'Évreux (1310), Louis Jourdan (1921), Nicolas Leblanc (1742), Emmanuel Chabrier (1841), Charles Marie de La Condamine (1701), and Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1580). After him are André Maginot (1877), André Bazin (1918), Francis, Count of Vendôme (1470), Henry I of Navarre (1244), Theuderic II (587), and André Weil (1906).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Marcel Dupré ranks 42. Before him are Charles-Marie Widor (1844), Albert Roussel (1869), Pierre Schaeffer (1910), Jacques Ibert (1890), Ambroise Thomas (1811), and Emmanuel Chabrier (1841). After him are Fromental Halévy (1799), Georges Auric (1899), Louis-Claude Daquin (1694), Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766), Jaufre Rudel (1125), and François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775).

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