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Paul Taffanel

1844 - 1908

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Claude-Paul Taffanel (16 September 1844 – 22 November 1908) was a French flautist, conductor and instructor, regarded as the founder of the French Flute School that dominated much of flute composition and performance during the mid-20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Taffanel has received more than 77,023 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Taffanel is the 993rd most popular composer, the 3,595th most popular biography from France and the 135th most popular French Composer.

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  • 77k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Paul Taffanel ranks 993 out of 1,216. Before him are Friedrich Gernsheim, Alessandro Grandi, Camargo Guarnieri, Chiquinha Gonzaga, Ahmet Adnan Saygun, and Emil von Sauer. After him are John Rutter, Henri Pousseur, Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, Wolfgang Rihm, Emil Hartmann, and Julius Reubke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Paul Taffanel ranks 68. Before him are Olga Wisinger-Florian, Konstantin Savitsky, Sanford B. Dole, Andrew Lang, Dankmar Adler, and Patrick Manson. After him are Mutsu Munemitsu, Detlev von Liliencron, Alois Riehl, Camille Lemonnier, Marie Spartali Stillman, and William Wilson. Among people deceased in 1908, Paul Taffanel ranks 69. Before him are Lester Allan Pelton, Heinrich Hübschmann, Ernest Hébert, Abraham Goldfaden, Friedrich Paulsen, and Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten. After him are Rūdolfs Blaumanis, William Edward Ayrton, Lorenz Frølich, Simo Matavulj, John Evans, and Milovan Glišić.

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In France

Among people born in France, Paul Taffanel ranks 3,595 out of 6,011. Before him are Louis-Antoine Ranvier (1835), Gérard Lanvin (1950), Gérard Lenorman (1945), Alexis Thérèse Petit (1791), Claude Puel (1961), and Claude Dauphin (1903). After him are Mathilda May (1965), Pierre Étaix (1928), Henri Dutrochet (1776), Emmanuel Frémiet (1824), Peire Cardenal (1180), and Daniel Balavoine (1952).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Paul Taffanel ranks 135. Before him are André Cardinal Destouches (1672), Baude Cordier (1364), André Gedalge (1856), Édouard Deldevez (1817), Henri Sauguet (1901), and Jeanne Demessieux (1921). After him are Antoine Duhamel (1925), Napoléon Henri Reber (1807), Philippe Verdelot (null), Jean Langlais (1907), Félicien David (1810), and Tristan Murail (1947).

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