Greatest French Musicians

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TOP MUSICIANS FROM FRANCE

1. Claude Debussy   -   Classical Music Composer
2. Hector Berlioz    -   Classical Music Composer
3. Camille Saint-Saens    -    Classical Music Composer
4. Erik Satie    -   Classical Music Composer
5. Guillaume de Machaut   -   Early Music
6. Georges Bizet   -    Classical Music Composer
7. Gabriel Faure   -   Classical Music Composer
8. Jean-Baptiste Lully    -   Classical Music Composer
9. Jean-Philippe Rameau     -     Classical Music Composer
10. Maurice Ravel     -     Classical Music Composer
11. Francois Couperin     -     Classical Music Composer
12. Edith Piaf    -   Chanson
13. Jules Massenet    -    Classical Music Composer
14. Marin Marais    -    Viola da Gamba Virtuoso
15. Marc-Antoine Charpentier    -    Classical Music Composer
16. Serge Gainsbourg     -    Chanson
17. Perotin      -    Early Music
18. Olivier Messiaen    -    Classical Music Composer
19. Leo Delibes    -    Classical Music Composer
20. Charles Gounod    -   Classical Music Composer
21. Jacques Offenbach    -    Classical Music Composer
22. Georges Brassens    -    Chanson
23. Nicolas Gombert     -    Classical Music Composer
24. Francis Poulenc     -    Classical Music Composer
25. Daft Punk     -    House Music
26. Bernart de Ventadorn    -    Early Music
27. Edgard Varese     -    Classical Music Composer
28. Joseph Bodin de Boismortier     -     Classical Music Composer
29. Yann Tiersen    -     Instrumental Music
30. Paul Dukas    -    Classical Music Composer
31. Antoine Forqueray     -    Viola da Gamba Virtuoso
32. Leonin    -    Early Music
33. Charles Trenet    -    Chanson
34. Antoine Brumel     -    Classical Music Composer
35. Claudin de Sermisy     -     Classical Music Composer
36. Louis Couperin     -    Classical Music Composer
37. Stephane Grappelli     -    Violin Virtuoso
38. Maurice Jarre     -    Classical Music Composer
39. Boris Vian    -    Chanson
40. Air     -    Electronic Music
41. Adam de la Halle     -     Early Music
42. Jean Michel Jarre     -     Electronic Music
43. Francoise Hardy    -     Pop Music
44. Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe    -    Viola da Gamba Virtuoso
45. Pierre Boulez     -    Classical Music Composer
46. Barbara     -     Chanson
47. Gong      -      Progressive Rock
48. Alexandre Desplat     -     Instrumental Music
49. Georges Delerue     -    Classical Music Composer
50. Darius Milhaud     -     Classical Music Composer
51. David Sylvian     -     Experimental Music
52. Michel Legrand     -     Pop Jazz
53. Maurice Durufle     -     Classical Music Composer
54. Noir Desir    -     Alternative Rock
55. Louis-Nicolas Clerambault     -    Classical Music Composer
56. Yves Montand    -    Chanson
57. Clement Janequin    -    Classical Music Composer
58. Jacques Dutronc     -     Pop Music
59. Brigitte Bardot     -     Pop Music
60. Pierre Schaeffer     -    Classical Music Composer
61. France Gall     -     Pop Music
62. Emmanuel Chabrier     -      Classical Music Composer
63. Adolphe Adam      -     Classical Music Composer
64. Michel Polnareff     -     Chanson
65. Charles Valentin Alkan    -    Classical Music Composer
66. Michel Petrucciani     -     Jazz
67. Magma     -     Experimental Rock

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