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Paul Paray

1886 - 1979

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Paul Marie-Adolphe Charles Paray (French: [pɔl paʁɛ]) (24 May 1886 – 10 October 1979) was a French conductor, organist and composer. After winning France's top musical award, the Prix de Rome, he fought in the First World War and was a prisoner of war for nearly four years. He held a succession of chief conductorships, including those of the Lamoureux and Colonne Orchestras in Paris and the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra in Monaco. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Paray has received more than 58,846 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Paray is the 92nd most popular conductor (down from 86th in 2019), the 4,170th most popular biography from France (down from 3,794th in 2019) and the 5th most popular French Conductor.

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  • 15

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  • 1.60

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Paul Paray ranks 92 out of 128. Before him are Claudio Scimone, Ferdinand Leitner, Daniele Gatti, Niyazi, Jascha Horenstein, and Antonio Pappano. After him are Fabio Luisi, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Vasily Agapkin, Willem Kes, Henry Wood, and Grzegorz Fitelberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Paul Paray ranks 208. Before him are Heorhiy Narbut, Clemens Holzmeister, Markus Reiner, Friedebert Tuglas, Arthur Russell, and Dooley Wilson. After him are Tadeusz Kotarbiński, Lars Hanson, Eddie Owen, Mihri Müşfik Hanım, Źmitrok Biadula, and Haakon Sörvik. Among people deceased in 1979, Paul Paray ranks 178. Before him are Donny Hathaway, Gustav Winckler, John Diefenbaker, Anatoly Kuznetsov, Louis Paul Boon, and Yahya Petra of Kelantan. After him are Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu, István Bibó, Walther Müller, Pyotr Gavrilov, Bernt Evensen, and Jan de Klerk.

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In France

Among people born in France, Paul Paray ranks 4,170 out of 6,770. Before him are Maurice Feltin (1883), Renée Adorée (1898), Raymond Kaelbel (1932), Yves Giraud-Cabantous (1904), Louis-Antoine Ranvier (1835), and Serge Lang (1927). After him are Pierre Adet (1763), Jean Cavaillès (1903), Maurice Boitel (1919), Roger Ducret (1888), Yvonne Loriod (1924), and Sylvestre François Lacroix (1765).

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Among CONDUCTORS In France

Among conductors born in France, Paul Paray ranks 5. Before him are Lorin Maazel (1930), Pierre Monteux (1875), Charles Munch (1891), and Jean Martinon (1910).

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