List of French Composers

Introduction

This is a list of French classical composers, both real and fictional. The fictional ones are intended to become a reality in a separate timeline or in revised history. However, the names of these composers inserted into this list are largely hypothetical. That is, they may or may not be named as such after history is changed. The names of these composers are highlighted in boldface.

The purpose of the presence of these composers is to make more compositional geniuses out of the people of France. European countries, particularly Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Austria, England, and Russia are to be abundant in genius composers since the Renaissance, and America since the Baroque era. These 8 nations are the nucleus of Western classical music and composition, and thus these are the nationalities I choose to focus on.

Renaissance (c1380-c1600)

• Jacques Bonneville (1348 – 1424)
• Pierre Broussard (1350 – 1422)
• Francois Desrosiers (1355 – 1428)
• Thomas Marois (1357 – 1434)
• Philippe Ouelette (1361 – 1435)
• Vincent Trudelle (1363 – 1441)
• Michel Perrin (1367 – 1429)
• Maurice Macon (1372 – 1433)
• Joseph Letendre (1375 – 1450)
• Guillaume Collet (1378 – 1440)
• Antoine Linville (1382 – 1461)
• Henri Riopelle (1384 – 1435)
• Charles Pontbriand (1387 – 1451)
• Jean Poulin (1392 – 1449)
• Francois Cottier (1396 – 1476)
• Claude Landry (1399 – 1477)
• Georges Maurinet (1401 – 1464)
• Guillaume Longeau (1403 – 1482)
• Pierre Damonier (1407 – 1466)
• Alexandre Bonnette (1411 – 1493)
• Henri Mosseau (1416 – 1488)
• Jacques Fraisier (1418 – 1494)
• Christophe Verneau (1422 – 1492)
• Joseph Rabignon (1425 – 1500)
• Francois Morais (1427 – 1498)
• Charles Delanglois (1433 – 1509)
• Vincent Dabrier (1434 – 1496)
• Michel Janison (1437 – 1501)
• Gregoire Humbrier (1442 – 1501)
• Clement de Ragon (1445 – 1515)
• Joseph Martinet (1448 – 1508)
• Charles Reverin (1451 – 1516)
• Hubert Servais (1455 – 1526)
• Laurent Peret (1457 – 1520)
• Thomas Legaultier (1460 – 1528)
• Vincent Maupin (1462 – 1513)
• Raymond Merliet (1466 – 1500)
• Georges Bachardeau (1470 – 1520)
• Claude Gauvinier (1472 – 1547)
• Stephane Metriet (1477 – 1551)
• Louis Tebon (1481 – 1554)
• Clément Janequin (1485 – 1558)
• Pierre Salon (1488 – 1564)
• Claudin de Sermisy (1490 – 1562)
• Henri Darois (1493 – 1566)
• Joseph LeBlanc (1497 – 1573)
• Jean Lussier (1501 – 1569)
• Nicolas Porcher (1504 – 1575)
• Jacques Brisbois (1508 – 1572)
• Pierre Seguin (1511 – 1589)
• Charles Joffrion (1512 – 1592)
• Pierre Caron (1516 – 1587)
• Francois Michaud (1522 – 1590)
• Vincent Poirier (1524 – 1595)
• Michel Taillard (1527 – 1600)
• Charles Loisel (1532 – 1606)
• Jean-Louis Facteau (1534 – 1602)
• Francois Lapoint (1537 – 1613)
• Claude Gervaise (fl. 1540–1560)
• Maurice Gignoux (1540 – 1611)
• Paul Dumont (1542 – 1606)
• Claude Therien (1546 – 1616)
• Dominique Boudin (1550 – 1601)
• Pierre Carrier (1553 – 1620)
• Bernard D’Allaire (1556 – 1605)
• Georges Jaillet (1560 – 1604)
• Michel Vernon (1562 – 1600)

Baroque (c1600-c1760)

• Henri Provence (1563 – 1635)
• Francois Villevieille (1566 – 1641)
• Louis Hertel (1569 – 1646)
• Georges Gonthier (1572 – 1645)
• Jacques Roussin (1575 – 1644)
• Claude Leveille (1577 – 1653)
• Joseph Capelle (1580 – 1648)
• Christophe Phenix (1584 – 1634)
• Bernard Carbonneau (1586 – 1655)
• Michel Lacasse (1588 – 1659)
• Francois Nazaire (1593 – 1665)
• Michel Vautour (1595 – 1666)
• Jean Sopher (1599 – 1673)
• Jacques Champion de Chambonnières (c.1601–1672)
• Nicolas Robert (1604 – 1677)
• Guillaume Naveau (1606 – 1668)
• Pierre Julien (1611 – 1670)
• Raymond Palmatier (1615 – 1687)
• Stephane Morel (1618 – 1668)
• Louis Couperin (1626 – 1661)
• Gaston Philippe Cormier (1626 – 1693)
• Philippe Laroche (1628 – 1698)
• Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)
• Bernard de Lucien (1634 – 1698)
• Francois Couteau (1638 – 1705)
• Antoine Denault (1640 – 1708)
• Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643–1704)
• Mathieu Nolette (1647 – 1717)
• Robert de Visée (1655 – 1733)
• Marin Marais (1656–1728)
• Michel Richard Delalande (1657–1726)
• André Campra (1660–1744)
• Jean-Féry Rebel (1666–1747)
• François Couperin (1668-1733)
• Antoine Forqueray (1671–1745)
• Andre Breguet (1673 – 1758)
• Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676–1749)
• Jean-François Dandrieu (1682–1738)
• Jean-Joseph Mouret (1682–1738)
• Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
• Louis Bissonnette (1685 – 1752)
• Charles Lafleche (1692 – 1778)
• Louis-Claude Daquin (1694–1772)
• Jean-Marie Leclair the elder (1697–1764)
• Michel Blavet (1700-1768)
• Jean-Marie Leclair the younger (1703–1777)
• Michel Corrette (1707–1795)
• Jean-Joseph de Mondonville (1711–1772)

Classical era (c1730-c1820)

• Georges Jandreau (1708 – 1797)
• Louis Georges Cadieux (1713 – 1787)
• Antoine Dauvergne (1713 – 1797)
• Michel Thierry (1715 – 1804)
• Charles Gravois (1717 – 1802)
• Bernard de Bury (1720 – 1785)
• Joseph Archambeault (1722 – 1797)
• François-André Danican Philidor (1726–1795)
• Jacques Chacon (1732 – 1795)
• Louis Robitaille (1734 – 1788)
• Andre Seurin (1735 – 1803)
• Michel Gaulin (1738 – 1807)
• Nicolas Plourd (1741 – 1810)
• Georges Mondragon (1743 – 1803)
• Francois Devereaux (1748 – 1819)
• Vincent Crepeau (1752 – 1796)
• Nicolas Dalayrac (1753 – 1809)
• Louis Ouimet (1756 – 1812)
• Étienne Méhul (1763–1817)
• Thomas Legrand (1764 – 1800)
• Louis-Emmanuel Jadin (1768–1853)
• Hyacinthe Jadin (1776–1800)

Romantic (c1800-c1910)

• Francois Xavier Monceaux (1771 – 1834)
• François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775–1834)
• Marc-Antoine Dagenais (1778 – 1832)
• Daniel Auber (1782–1871)
• George Onslow (1784–1853)
• Georges Parrot (1785 – 1835)
• Ferdinand Hérold (1791–1833)
• Charles St. Jacques (1794 – 1849)
• Fromental Halévy (1799–1862)
• Adolphe Adam (1803–1856)
• Hector Berlioz (1803–1869)
• Andre Gerard (1807 – 1845)
• Ambroise Thomas (1811–1896)
• Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813–1888)
• Guillaume Moufflet (1816 – 1875)
• Charles Gounod (1818–1893)
• Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880)
• Édouard Lalo (1823–1892)
• Pierre Lavoie (1825 – 1900)
• Jacques Beaudoin (1827 – 1896)
• Emmanuel Sagnier (1832 – 1895)
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
• Léo Delibes (1836–1891)
• Georges Bizet (1838–1875)
• Emmanuel Chabrier (1841–1894)
• Jules Massenet (1842–1912)
• Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937)
• Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
• Benjamin Godard (1849–1895)
• Vincent d’Indy (1851–1931)
• Ernest Chausson (1855–1899)
• Thomas Campeau (1855 – 1928)
• Cécile Chaminade (1857–1944)
• Gustave Charpentier (1860–1956)
• Gabriel Pierné (1863–1937)
• Guy Ropartz (1864–1955)

Modern and Contemporary (c1880-????)

• Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
• Paul Dukas (1865–1935)
• Erik Satie (1866–1925)
• Albert Roussel (1869–1937)
• Joseph Devine (1870 – 1948)
• Francois Perdue (1871 – 1945)
• Guillaume Minard (1872 – 1953)
• Reynaldo Hahn (1874–1947)
• Victor Urbain (1874 – 1962)
• Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
• Louis Voisin (1876 – 1970)
• Louis Adrien Durrant (1877 – 1948)
• Louis Aubert (1877–1968)
• Alexandre Dupont (1878 – 1955)
• Joseph Canteloube (1879–1957)
• Francois Henault (1881 – 1963)
• Edgard Varèse (1883–1965)
• Bernard Gauthier (1885 – 1990)
• Marcel Dupré (1886–1971)
• Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979)
• Jacques Ibert (1890–1962)
• Marcel Grandjany (1891–1975)
• Darius Milhaud (1892–1974)
• Germaine Tailleferre (1892–1983)
• Lili Boulanger (1893–1918)
• Jacques Nadeau (1893 – 1975)
• Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)
• Georges Auric (1899–1983)
• Joseph Abair (1900 – 1988)
• Henri Collet (1901 – 1995)
• Maurice Duruflé (1902–1986)
• Robert Guilbeau (1902 – 2005)
• Jean LaBarre (1903 – 2002)
• Nicolas Jolivet (1904 – 1996)
• Gaston Marcantel (1905 – 1998)
• Jacques Saucier (1906 – 1989)
• Thomas Chevrier (1906 – 2003)
• Joseph Vernadeau (1907 – 2009)
• Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)
• Louis Humbert (1908 – 2008)
• Henri Turcotte (1909 – 1996)
• Francois LeBrun (1909 – 2006)
• Jean Françaix (1912–1997)
• Raymond Dubree (born 1915)
• Pierre Labombard (1917 – 2018)
• Georges Budreau (born 1921)
• Joseph Ovellette (born 1923)
• Pierre Boulez (1925–2016)
• Thomas DeRouselle (born 1927)
• Stephane Rougeau (born 1931)
• Francois de Laux (born 1933)
• Michel Lesieur (born 1935)
• Robert Granger (born 1937)
• Charles Berthelot (born 1938)
• Georges Groleau (born 1942)
• Antoine Mallette (born 1944)
• Maurice Sirois (born 1948)
• Robert Cadot (born 1949)
• Alain Lamoreaux (born 1951)
• Michel Callier (born 1955)
• Pierre Champine (born 1962)
• Henri Auxier (born 1964)

Pictures

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