Greatest French Musicians


Editor's Pick from France: Malicorne 


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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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

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Carlos said...

David Sylvia lives in France but he is English.

asdfghjklöä said...

What wbout the "French Elvis", Johnny Hallyday? He's one of best selling artists in France, if not the #1 best selling.

Turris Aranis said...

Mylene Farmer is not on the list. Absolutely wrong.

Turris Aranis said...

David Sylvian ? French? Français? I thought he was Japan...ese...

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