Portrait of Marcel Dupré

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Marcel Dupré

Marcel Dupré, French organist and composer (died 1971)

Born
May 3, 1886
Died
May 30, 1971
Zodiac sign
Taurus
Birth year
1886

About Marcel Dupré

Marcel Jean-Jules Dupré was a French organist, composer, and pedagogue. In 1914, Dupré won the Grand Prix de Rome for his cantata Psyché. Dupré became famous for performing more than 2,000 organ recitals throughout Australia, the United States, Canada and Europe, which included a recital series of 10 concerts of the complete works of J. Dupré's most often heard and recorded compositions tend to be from the earlier part of his career.

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The world when Marcel Dupré was born

Marcel Dupré was born in 1886. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst professional baseball game under electric lights
  • Top headlineStatue of Liberty dedicated in New York Harbor
  • Technology milestoneCoca-Cola invented in Atlanta
  • Notable inventionCoca-Cola (originally contained cocaine)
  • World population~1.46B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
  • U.S. population55.6M

1886 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Marcel Dupré's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18862026
Population55.6M341 million

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