Paris

Country: First French Empire
Coordinates: 48.8567, 2.3522

History

Paris (–508)
Paris (508–843), Francia
Paris (843–987)
Paris (987–1792), Kingdom of France
Paris (1792–1804), French First Republic
Paris (1804–1815), First French Empire
Paris (1815–1940), France
Paris (1940–1944), German military administration in occupied France during World War II
Paris (1944–), France

Parts

Districts

Composers

Philippe le Chancelier (1160–1236), was born and died in Paris
Philippe de Vitry (1291–1361), was born in Paris
Clément Janequin (1485–1558), died in Paris
Claudin de Sermisy (1490–1562), died in Paris
Sandrin (1490–1560), was born in Paris
Pierre Attaingnant (1494–1551), died in Paris
Albert de Rippe (1500–1551), died in Paris
Jacques Arcadelt (1507–1568), died in Paris
Loys Bourgeois (1510–1560), was born in Paris
Pierre Certon (1510–1572), died in Paris
Adrian Le Roy (1520–1598), died in Paris
Claude Gervaise (1525–1583), was born in Paris
Claude Le Jeune (1530–1600), died in Paris
Jakub Polak (1545–1605), died in Paris
Eustache Du Caurroy (1549–1609), died in Paris
Jacques Mauduit (1557–1627), was born and died in Paris
Julien Perrichon (1566–1600), was born and died in Paris
Nicolas Formé (1567–1638), was born and died in Paris
René Mesangeau (1568–1638), died in Paris
Pierre Guédron (1570–1620), died in Paris
Gabriel Bataille (1574–1630), died in Paris
Jean de Bournonville (1585–1632), died in Paris
Antoine Boësset (1586–1643), died in Paris
Marin Mersenne (1588–1648), died in Paris
Artus Aux-Cousteaux (1590–1656), died in Paris
Charles Racquet (1597–1664), was born and died in Paris
Jacques Champion de Chambonnières (1601–1672), was born and died in Paris
Jean-Baptiste Geoffroy (1601–1675), died in Paris
Denis Gaultier (1603–1672), was born and died in Paris
Charles d'Assoucy (1605–1677), was born and died in Paris
Jean de Cambefort (1605–1661), was born and died in Paris
Michel de La Guerre (1606–1679), was born and died in Paris
Henri Du Mont (1610–1684), died in Paris
Michel Lambert (1610–1696), died in Paris
Nicolas Hotman (1610–1663), died in Paris
Nicolas Métru (1610–1668), died in Paris
Sébastien Le Camus (1610–1677), was born and died in Paris
Valentin de Bournonville (1610–1663), died in Paris
Jean-Baptiste Boësset (1614–1685), was born and died in Paris
Angelo Michele Bartolotti (1615–1696), died in Paris
Francesco Corbetta (1615–1681), died in Paris
Pierre Robert (1618–1699), died in Paris
François Roberday (1624–1680), was born in Paris
Jacques Gallot (1625–1695), was born and died in Paris
Charles Mouton (1626–1710), was born in Paris
Louis Couperin (1626–1661), died in Paris
Nicolas Gigault (1627–1707), was born and died in Paris
Robert Cambert (1628–1677), was born in Paris
Jean-Henri d'Anglebert (1629–1691), died in Paris
Nicolas Lebègue (1631–1702), died in Paris
Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers (1632–1714), was born and died in Paris
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632–1687), died in Paris
Joseph Chabanceau de La Barre (1633–1678), was born and died in Paris
Jacques Thomelin (1635–1693), was born and died in Paris
Louis Chein (1637–1694), was born in Paris
André Raison (1640–1719), was born and died in Paris
Antonia Bembo (1640–1720), died in Paris
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643–1704), was born and died in Paris
Jacques Boyvin (1649–1706), was born in Paris
Guillaume Minoret (1650–1717), was born in Paris
Robert de Visée (1650–1732), died in Paris
Theobaldo di Gatti (1650–1727), died in Paris
Gilles Jullien (1651–1703), was born in Paris
Jean-François Lalouette (1651–1728), was born and died in Paris
Marin Marais (1656–1728), was born and died in Paris
Gaspard Le Roux (1660–1707), was born and died in Paris
Henri Desmarest (1661–1741), was born in Paris
Jean-Baptiste Drouard de Bousset (1662–1725), died in Paris
Jean Mignon (1664–1694), died in Paris
Louis Lully (1664–1734), was born and died in Paris
Michele Mascitti (1664–1760), died in Paris
Nicolas Bernier (1664–1734), died in Paris
Pierre Dandrieu (1664–1733), died in Paris
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665–1729), was born and died in Paris
Jean-Baptiste Lully fils (1665–1743), was born and died in Paris
Jean-Féry Rebel (1666–1747), was born and died in Paris
Jean-Louis Lully (1667–1688), was born and died in Paris
François Couperin (1668–1733), was born and died in Paris
Louis Marchand (1669–1732), died in Paris
Charles Dieupart (1670–1740), was born in Paris
Henry Eccles (1670–1742), died in Paris
Louis de Caix d'Hervelois (1670–1760), died in Paris
Charles-Hubert Gervais (1671–1744), was born and died in Paris
Gaspard Corrette (1671–1733), died in Paris
André Cardinal Destouches (1672–1749), was born and died in Paris
Antoine Forqueray (1672–1745), was born in Paris
Jacques-Martin Hotteterre (1674–1763), was born and died in Paris
Michel de la Barre (1675–1745), was born and died in Paris
Jean-Baptiste Anet (1676–1755), was born in Paris
Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676–1749), was born and died in Paris
Nicolas Racot de Grandval (1676–1753), was born and died in Paris
Thomas-Louis Bourgeois (1676–1750), died in Paris
Jean-Baptiste Morin (1677–1745), died in Paris
Jean-Baptiste Stuck (1680–1755), died in Paris
Toussaint Bertin de la Doué (1680–1743), was born and died in Paris
Anne Danican Philidor (1681–1728), was born and died in Paris
Jean-François Dandrieu (1682–1738), was born and died in Paris
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764), died in Paris
François Bouvard (1684–1760), died in Paris
Roland Marais (1685–1750), was born and died in Paris
Jean-Baptiste Semaillé (1687–1730), was born and died in Paris
Jacques Aubert (1689–1753), was born in Paris
Jacques-Christophe Naudot (1690–1762), died in Paris
Jean-Baptiste Quentin (1690–1742), was born and died in Paris
Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin (1693–1768), died in Paris
Louis-Claude Daquin (1694–1772), was born and died in Paris
Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault (1695–1791), died in Paris
Pierre Février (1696–1760), died in Paris
Jean-Marie Leclair (1697–1764), died in Paris
François Francoeur (1698–1787), was born and died in Paris
Jean-Baptiste Forqueray (1699–1782), was born and died in Paris
Michel Blavet (1700–1768), died in Paris
François Rebel (1701–1775), was born and died in Paris
Louis-Gabriel Guillemain (1705–1770), was born and died in Paris
Nicolas Chédeville (1705–1782), died in Paris
Pancrace Royer (1705–1755), died in Paris
Jean Barrière (1707–1747), died in Paris
Michel Corrette (1707–1795), died in Paris
Egidio Duni (1708–1775), died in Paris
Charles-Henri de Blainville (1711–1769), died in Paris
Jacques Duphly (1715–1789), died in Paris
Mlle Duval (1718–1775), died in Paris
Christophe Le Menu de Saint Philibert (1720–1774), died in Paris
Louis Aubert (1720–1800), died in Paris
Claude Balbastre (1724–1799), died in Paris
Armand-Louis Couperin (1727–1789), was born and died in Paris
Pierre Montan Berton (1727–1780), died in Paris
Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny (1729–1817), died in Paris
Antonio Sacchini (1730–1786), died in Paris
Jean-Baptiste Rey (1734–1810), died in Paris
Johann Gottfried Eckard (1735–1809), died in Paris
Johann Schobert (1735–1767), died in Paris
Élisabeth de Haulteterre (1737–1768), was born in Paris and died in former 11th arrondissement of Paris
Guillaume Lasceux (1740–1831), died in Paris
Henri-Joseph Rigel (1741–1799), died in Paris
Jean-Baptiste Davaux (1742–1822), died in Paris
Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz (1742–1790), died in Paris
Nicolas-Jean Lefroid de Méreaux (1745–1797), was born and died in Paris
Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith (1746–1820), died in Paris
Étienne-Joseph Floquet (1748–1785), died in Paris
Jean-Frédéric Edelmann (1749–1794), died in Paris
Jean-Louis Duport (1749–1819), was born and died in Paris
Jean-Baptiste Bréval (1753–1823), was born in Paris
Nicolas Dalayrac (1753–1809), died in Paris
Anton Stamitz (1754–1798), died in Paris
Michèl Yost (1754–1786), was born and died in Paris
Antoine-Frédéric Gresnick (1755–1799), died in Paris
Jean-Pierre Solié (1755–1812), died in Paris
Ignaz Pleyel (1757–1831), died in Paris
Luigi Cherubini (1760–1842), died in Paris
Marie-Elizabeth Cléry (1761–1795), died in Paris
Pierre Gaveaux (1761–1825), died in Paris
Étienne Méhul (1763–1817), died in Paris
Jean-Xavier Lefèvre (1763–1829), died in Paris
Amélie-Julie Candeille (1767–1834), was born and died in Paris
Domenico Della-Maria (1768–1800), died in Paris
Anton Reicha (1770–1836), died in Paris
Ferdinando Carulli (1770–1841), died in Paris
Ferdinando Paer (1771–1839), died in Paris
François-Louis Perne (1772–1832), was born in Paris
Lucile Grétry (1772–1790), was born in Paris
Sophie Bawr (1773–1860), was born in Paris and died in 5th arrondissement of Paris
François de Fossa (1775–1849), died in Paris
Nicolas Isouard (1775–1818), died in Paris
Sophie Gail (1775–1819), was born and died in Paris
Hyacinthe Jadin (1776–1800), died in Paris
Fernando Sor (1778–1839), died in Paris
Pauline Duchambge (1778–1858), died in Paris
Sigismund Neukomm (1778–1858), died in Paris
François-Joseph Naderman (1781–1835), was born and died in Paris
Louis François Dauprat (1781–1868), was born and died in Paris
Daniel Auber (1782–1871), died in 9th arrondissement of Paris
Fanny Krumpholtz Pittar (1785–1815), was born in Paris
Marie Bigot (1786–1820), died in Paris
Michele Carafa (1787–1872), died in Paris
Carlo Evasio Soliva (1791–1853), died in Paris
Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791–1864), died in Paris
Luigi Castellacci (1797–1845), died in Paris
Fromental Halévy (1799–1862), was born in Paris
Oscar I of Sweden (1799–1859), was born in Paris
Amédée Méreaux (1802–1874), was born in former 8th arrondissement of Paris
Jean-Baptiste Duvernoy (1802–1880), was born in Paris
Adolphe Adam (1803–1856), was born in former 3rd arrondissement of Paris and died in former 2nd arrondissement of Paris
Hector Berlioz (1803–1869), died in Paris
Henri Herz (1803–1888), died in Paris
Louise Farrenc (1804–1875), was born in Paris and died in 9th arrondissement of Paris
Napoléon Coste (1805–1883), died in Paris
Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga (1806–1826), died in Paris
Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849), died in Paris
Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813–1888), was born and died in Paris
Stephen Heller (1813–1888), died in Paris
Émile Prudent (1817–1863), died in Paris
Charles Gounod (1818–1893), was born in Paris
Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880), died in Paris
Édouard Lalo (1823–1892), died in 17th arrondissement of Paris
Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825–1889), died in Paris
Adolphe Blanc (1828–1885), died in Paris
Clémence de Grandval (1828–1907), died in 8th arrondissement of Paris
Charles-Wilfrid de Bériot (1833–1914), was born in former 2nd arrondissement of Paris
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921), was born in 11th arrondissement of Paris
Léo Delibes (1836–1891), died in Paris
Émile Waldteufel (1837–1915), died in Paris
Emmanuel Chabrier (1841–1894), died in 9th arrondissement of Paris
Louise Héritte-Viardot (1841–1918), was born in Paris
Alphonse Duvernoy (1842–1907), was born and died in Paris
Jules Massenet (1842–1912), died in Paris
Bertha Sándor (1843–1912), died in Paris
Émile Bernard (1843–1902), died in Paris
Louis Diémer (1843–1919), was born and died in Paris
Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937), died in 16th arrondissement of Paris
Eugène Gigout (1844–1925), died in Paris
Alphonse Hasselmans (1845–1912), died in Paris
Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924), died in Paris
Albert Lavignac (1846–1916), was born and died in Paris
Marie Jaëll (1846–1925), died in Paris
Augusta Holmès (1847–1903), was born in former 1st arrondissement of Paris and died in 17th arrondissement of Paris
Henri Duparc (1848–1933), was born in former 1st arrondissement of Paris
Benjamin Godard (1849–1895), was born in Paris
Alexandre Luigini (1850–1906), died in Paris
André Wormser (1851–1926), was born and died in Paris
Gabrielle Ferrari (1851–1921), was born in former 11th arrondissement of Paris and died in 16th arrondissement of Paris
Vincent d'Indy (1851–1931), was born and died in Paris
Charles Malherbe (1853–1911), was born in Paris
Moritz Moszkowski (1854–1925), died in Paris
Ernest Chausson (1855–1899), was born in Paris
André Gedalge (1856–1926), was born in 6th arrondissement of Paris
Alfred Bruneau (1857–1934), was born in former 5th arrondissement of Paris and died in Paris
Cécile Chaminade (1857–1944), was born in Paris
Georges Hüe (1858–1948), died in Paris
Isidore de Lara (1858–1935), died in Paris
Sergei Lyapunov (1859–1924), died in Paris
Gustave Charpentier (1860–1956), died in Paris
Marie Emmanuel Augustin Savard (1861–1942), was born in 5th arrondissement of Paris
Pierre de Bréville (1861–1949), died in Paris
Claude Debussy (1862–1918), died in 16th arrondissement of Paris
Maurice Emmanuel (1862–1938), died in Paris
Albéric Magnard (1865–1914), was born in 18th arrondissement of Paris
Paul Dukas (1865–1935), was born in 1st arrondissement of Paris and died in Paris
Charles Koechlin (1867–1950), was born in 16th arrondissement of Paris
Jules Mouquet (1867–1946), was born and died in Paris
Vittorio Monti (1868–1922), died in Paris
Joséphine Boulay (1869–1925), was born and died in Paris
Louis Vierne (1870–1937), died in Paris
Henri Büsser (1872–1973), died in 16th arrondissement of Paris
Henri Rabaud (1873–1949), was born in 8th arrondissement of Paris and died in Paris
Lucien Capet (1873–1928), was born in 11th arrondissement of Paris and died in Paris
Reynaldo Hahn (1874–1947), died in Paris
Henriette Renié (1875–1956), was born and died in Paris
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937), died in Paris
Armande de Polignac (1876–1962), was born in 16th arrondissement of Paris
Fermo Dante Marchetti (1876–1940), died in Paris
Jean Huré (1877–1930), died in 15th arrondissement of Paris
Yevgeny Gunst (1877–1950), died in Paris
Gabriel Grovlez (1879–1944), died in Paris
Jules Mazellier (1879–1959), died in Paris
Marcel Tournier (1879–1951), was born and died in Paris
Maurice Delage (1879–1961), was born in 6th arrondissement of Paris and died in Paris
Philippe Gaubert (1879–1941), died in Paris
George Enescu (1881–1955), died in 8th arrondissement of Paris
Emmerich Kálmán (1882–1953), died in Paris
Kálmán Imre (1882–1953), died in Paris
Maurice Le Boucher (1882–1964), died in Paris
Alexandre Eugène Cellier (1883–1968), died in Paris
Augustin Barié (1883–1915), was born in Paris
Edgard Varèse (1883–1965), was born in Paris
Manuel Infante (1883–1958), died in Paris
Marguerite Béclard d'Harcourt (1884–1964), was born in 6th arrondissement of Paris and died in Paris
Henri Collet (1885–1951), was born and died in Paris
Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979), was born and died in 9th arrondissement of Paris
Claude Delvincourt (1888–1954), was born in Paris
Jacques Ibert (1890–1962), was born and died in Paris
Yves Nat (1890–1956), died in 16th arrondissement of Paris
Alexis Roland-Manuel (1891–1966), was born in 8th arrondissement of Paris and died in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris
Marcel Grandjany (1891–1975), was born in 18th arrondissement of Paris
Noël Gallon (1891–1966), was born in 6th arrondissement of Paris and died in Paris
Schahan Berberian (1891–1956), died in 14th arrondissement of Paris
Arthur Honegger (1892–1955), died in Paris
Germaine Tailleferre (1892–1983), died in 13th arrondissement of Paris
Lili Boulanger (1893–1918), was born in Paris
Edmund Jenkins (1894–1926), died in Paris
Filip Lazăr (1894–1936), died in Paris
Dane Rudhyar (1895–1985), was born in 11th arrondissement of Paris
Alexandre Tansman (1897–1986), died in 16th arrondissement of Paris
Alberto Hemsi (1898–1976), died in Paris
Jeanne Leleu (1898–1979), died in 14th arrondissement of Paris
Marcel Mihalovici (1898–1985), died in 15th arrondissement of Paris
Tibor Harsányi (1898–1954), died in Paris
Alexander Tcherepnin (1899–1977), died in Paris
Francis Poulenc (1899–1963), was born and died in Paris
Georges Auric (1899–1983), died in 8th arrondissement of Paris
Amadeo Roldán (1900–1939), was born in 17th arrondissement of Paris
Henri Sauguet (1901–1989), died in Paris
Henri Tomasi (1901–1971), died in 9th arrondissement of Paris
Claude Arrieu (1903–1990), was born in 8th arrondissement of Paris and died in 19th arrondissement of Paris
Manuel Rosenthal (1904–2003), was born and died in Paris
André Hossein (1905–1983), died in Paris
André Jolivet (1905–1974), was born in 18th arrondissement of Paris
Paul Arma (1905–1987), died in Paris
Claire Delbos (1906–1959), was born in Paris
Pierre Capdevielle (1906–1969), was born in Paris
Georges Tzipine (1907–1987), was born in 18th arrondissement of Paris
Jean Langlais (1907–1991), died in Paris
Koharik Gazarossian (1907–1967), died in Paris
Roman Palester (1907–1989), died in Paris
Yvonne Desportes (1907–1993), died in Paris
Henri Challan (1910–1977), died in 14th arrondissement of Paris
Jean Martinon (1910–1976), died in Paris
Paule Maurice (1910–1967), was born and died in Paris
Rolf Liebermann (1910–1999), died in Paris
Alfred Desenclos (1912–1971), died in 17th arrondissement of Paris
Jean Françaix (1912–1997), died in Paris
Maurice Ohana (1913–1992), died in 16th arrondissement of Paris
René Leibowitz (1913–1972), died in 16th arrondissement of Paris
Henri Dutilleux (1916–2013), died in Paris
Raymond Gallois-Montbrun (1918–1994), died in 13th arrondissement of Paris
Rolande Falcinelli (1920–1996), was born in 14th arrondissement of Paris
Božidar Kantušer (1921–1999), died in Paris
Jeanne Demessieux (1921–1968), died in 12th arrondissement of Paris
Marcel Bitsch (1921–2011), was born in 14th arrondissement of Paris and died in 5th arrondissement of Paris
Gérard Calvi (1922–2015), was born in 14th arrondissement of Paris and died in 16th arrondissement of Paris
Iannis Xenakis (1922–2001), died in Paris
Odette Gartenlaub (1922–2014), was born and died in Paris
Eugene Kurtz (1923–2006), died in Paris
Jean Catoire (1923–2005), was born and died in Paris
Claude Ballif (1924–2004), was born in 5th arrondissement of Paris
Noël Lee (1924–2013), died in 18th arrondissement of Paris
Serge Nigg (1924–2008), was born and died in 15th arrondissement of Paris
Cathy Berberian (1925–1983), died in Paris
Ivo Malec (1925–2019), died in Paris
Marius Constant (1925–2004), died in Paris
Betsy Jolas (1926–), was born in Paris
Francis Dhomont (1926–2023), was born in 15th arrondissement of Paris
Jacques Castérède (1926–2014), was born in 14th arrondissement of Paris
Ton de Leeuw (1926–1996), died in Paris
André Almuró (1927–2009), was born and died in Paris
Bernard Parmegiani (1927–2013), was born in 16th arrondissement of Paris and died in 15th arrondissement of Paris
Pierre Henry (1927–2017), was born in 15th arrondissement of Paris and died in 14th arrondissement of Paris
Jean Barraqué (1928–1973), died in 13th arrondissement of Paris
Jean-Michel Damase (1928–2013), died in 16th arrondissement of Paris
Edison Denisov (1929–1996), died in Paris
Luc Ferrari (1929–2005), was born in 13th arrondissement of Paris
Jean Guillou (1930–2019), died in Paris
Baligh Hamdi (1932–1993), died in Paris
Éliane Radigue (1932–2026), was born and died in Paris
Alain Bancquart (1934–2022), died in 15th arrondissement of Paris
Bernard Vitet (1934–2013), was born in 13th arrondissement of Paris and died in 12th arrondissement of Paris
Nicole Lachartre (1934–1991), was born in 6th arrondissement of Paris
Thérèse Brenet (1935–), was born in Paris
Gérard Masson (1936–2021), was born in 15th arrondissement of Paris
Gilbert Amy (1936–), was born in Paris
Michel Decoust (1936–), was born in Paris
Yoshihisa Taira (1937–2005), died in Paris
Michel Rateau (1938–2020), was born in 15th arrondissement of Paris
Tomáš Svoboda (1939–2022), was born in Paris
Tom Johnson (1939–2024), died in 11th arrondissement of Paris
Édith Lejet (1941–2024), was born in 17th arrondissement of Paris and died in 14th arrondissement of Paris
Emmanuel Nunes (1941–2012), died in Paris
Horațiu Rădulescu (1942–2008), died in 14th arrondissement of Paris
Vangelis (1943–2022), died in Paris
Claire Renard (1944–), was born in Paris
Jean-Yves Bosseur (1947–), was born in 15th arrondissement of Paris
Renaud Gagneux (1947–2018), was born in Paris
Claude Vivier (1948–1983), died in 11th arrondissement of Paris
Michaël Lévinas (1949–), was born in Paris
Elodie Lauten (1950–2014), was born in Paris
Laurent Petitgirard (1950–), was born in Paris
Olivier Greif (1950–2000), was born in 14th arrondissement of Paris and died in 6th arrondissement of Paris
Kaija Saariaho (1952–2023), died in 8th arrondissement of Paris
Patrick Ascione (1953–2014), was born in Paris
Jacques Burtin (1955–), was born in Paris
Roland Dyens (1955–2016), died in 15th arrondissement of Paris
Leon Milo (1956–2014), died in 19th arrondissement of Paris
Pierre Pincemaille (1956–2018), was born in 17th arrondissement of Paris
Frédéric Durieux (1959–), was born in Paris
Nicolas Bacri (1961–), was born in Paris
Mark Andre (1964–), was born in Paris
Richard Carrick (1971–), was born in Paris
Demachy (?–1692), died in Paris
François de Chancy (?–1656), died in Paris
Henry Frémart (?–1651), died in Paris
Jehan de Lescurel (?–1304), died in Paris
Joachim Thibault de Courville (?–1581), died in Paris
Pérotin (Perotinus) (?–), was born in Paris
Pierre Passereau (?–), died in Paris