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Michel Richard Delalande

1657 - 1726

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Michel Richard Delalande [de Lalande] (French pronunciation: [dəlalɑ̃d]; 15 December 1657 – 18 June 1726) was a French Baroque composer and organist who was in the service of King Louis XIV. He was one of the most important composers of grands motets. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michel Richard Delalande has received more than 106,692 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Michel Richard Delalande is the 356th most popular composer, the 1,625th most popular biography from France (down from 1,540th in 2019) and the 57th most popular French Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Michel Richard Delalande ranks 356 out of 1,451. Before him are Germaine Tailleferre, Karl Richter, Vladimir Cosma, Josef Rheinberger, Hugo Riemann, and Ichirou Mizuki. After him are Jacobus Gallus, Samuel Scheidt, Ignaz Moscheles, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Willem Mengelberg, and Johann Heinrich Schmelzer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1657, Michel Richard Delalande ranks 6. Before him are Frederick I of Prussia, Emeric Thököly, Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia, Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, and Sambhaji. After him are Philip Prospero, Prince of Asturias, Francesco Solimena, Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, Arai Hakuseki, Guido Starhemberg, and Friedrich Wilhelm III, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg. Among people deceased in 1726, Michel Richard Delalande ranks 6. Before him are Isaac Newton, Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, Sophia Dorothea of Celle, Sultan Husayn, and Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin. After him are Domenico Zipoli, Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Margravine Johanna of Baden-Baden, Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg, Princess Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau, and John Vanbrugh.

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In France

Among people born in France, Michel Richard Delalande ranks 1,625 out of 6,770. Before him are Fulcher of Chartres (1059), Marisa Berenson (1947), Henri Gatien Bertrand (1773), Narcisse Virgilio Díaz (1807), Jacques Chaban-Delmas (1915), and Wilfred the Hairy (840). After him are Louis Henri, Prince of Condé (1756), Françoise Bettencourt Meyers (1953), Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues (1715), Walter Krüger (1890), Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis (1757), and Jules de Goncourt (1830).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Michel Richard Delalande ranks 57. Before him are Cécile Chaminade (1857), André Campra (1660), Vincent d'Indy (1851), Gustave Charpentier (1860), Louis Marchand (1669), and Germaine Tailleferre (1892). After him are Charles Koechlin (1867), Georges Delerue (1925), Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689), Yo-Yo Ma (1955), Jacques-Martin Hotteterre (1673), and Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe (1640).

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