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Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Michel de la Barre
Person · male · France · Paris · born 1675 · died 1745 · recording since 1978
French composer and flautist
Also known as Де Ла Барр, Мишель
Timeline
4 events◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1▣ Album 1
1670s
1740s
1970s
· Debut release
Debut release: Pièces pour la flute traversière, 1710
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
Biography
English biography51 words · 1 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1374857730
Biography
Michel de la Barre (c. 1675 – 15 March 1745) was a French composer and renowned flautist known as being the first person to publish solo flute music. He played at the Académie Royale de Musique, the Musettes and Hautbois de Poitou and the courts of Louis XIV and Louis XV.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 13 | 67.6th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 1 | 73.9th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | -233 | 2.7th |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (1 release groups · 1 studio albums)
Albums · 1
Pièces pour la flute traversière, 1710
1978 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 43:40
A1Suite II du premier livre en sol majeur: Prelude2:52A2Suite II du premier livre en sol majeur: Allemande. La Signora2:21A3Suite II du premier livre en sol majeur: Gigue. La Cadette0:59A4Suite II du premier livre en sol majeur: Sarabande. L’Ainée3:54A5Suite II du premier livre en sol majeur: Allemande. Le Landais1:52A6Suite II du premier livre en sol majeur: Rondeau. Le Ninon1:23A7Suite II du premier livre en sol majeur: Gavotte. La Therese - Double1:38A8Suite II du premier livre en sol majeur: Rondeau. L’étourdi2:26A9Suite II du premier livre en sol majeur: Gigue. L’Ecossaise1:51B1Suite V du premier livre en ré mineur: Prelude3:33B2Suite V du premier livre en ré mineur: Allemande. La Mariane3:04B3Suite V du premier livre en ré mineur: Rondeau. L’affligé2:51B4Suite V du premier livre en ré mineur: Allemande. La Villequiere2:57B5Suite V du premier livre en ré mineur: Gavotte. La bagatelle0:52B6Suite V du premier livre en ré mineur: Rondeau. Le Provençal1:27B7Suite IX du deuxième livre en sol majeur: Sonate. L’Inconnu – Vivement – (Lentement) – Chaconne9:40
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Michel de la Barre head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 13 | 67.6th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 1 | 73.9th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | -233 | 2.7th |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michel_de_La_Barre.pngaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/85c4c590-850b-43cd-bce6-1dbc17183d21discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/85c4c590-850b-43cd-bce6-1dbc17183d21core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1399777seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_de_la_Barrebiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_de_la_Barre
Why this artist is in the database
- List of composers by name
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Hyacinthe Rigaud · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q1399777 · MusicBrainz: 85c4c590-850b-43cd-bce6-1dbc17183d21
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