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Alan Hovhaness

1911 - 2000

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Alan Hovhaness (; March 8, 1911 – June 21, 2000) was an American composer of Armenian ancestry. He was one of the most prolific 20th-century composers, with his official catalog comprising 67 numbered symphonies (surviving manuscripts indicate over 70) and 434 opus numbers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Hovhaness has received more than 320,423 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 19 in 2019). Alan Hovhaness is the 1,218th most popular composer (down from 1,148th in 2019), the 7,481st most popular biography from United States (down from 6,834th in 2019) and the 81st most popular American Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 320k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Alan Hovhanesses by language

Over the past year Alan Hovhaness has had the most page views in the with 35,099 views, followed by Japanese (2,899), and Russian (2,741). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Interlingua (54.46%), (47.95%), and Finnish (42.15%)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Alan Hovhaness ranks 1,218 out of 1,451. Before him are Hiroyuki Sawano, William Bolcom, Peter Schickele, Fred Frith, Sanja Ilić, and Havergal Brian. After him are Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi, Alphons Czibulka, Arthur Bliss, Andrei Eshpai, George Bruns, and Alexandre Levy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Alan Hovhaness ranks 290. Before him are Sufia Kamal, Armandinho, Enric Valor i Vives, Ronnie Rooke, Pritilata Waddedar, and Savino Guglielmetti. After him are José Muguerza, Martha Genenger, Ekrem Akurgal, Ji Xianlin, Charles Mathiesen, and Nils Eriksen. Among people deceased in 2000, Alan Hovhaness ranks 236. Before him are Nat Adderley, István Gulyás, Stanislav Stratiev, Robert R. Wilson, Enric Valor i Vives, and Ji Pengfei. After him are Charles F. Hockett, Göran Tunström, Jean Dotto, Jacques Laurent, Nils Täpp, and Patricia Jones.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alan Hovhaness ranks 7,481 out of 20,380. Before him are Trip Hawkins (1953), Amber Valletta (1974), Edgar Kennedy (1890), Roger Penske (1937), Scott Cawthon (1971), and Alice Faye (1915). After him are Lester del Rey (1915), Robert Moses (1888), Al Harker (1910), Warren Jeffs (1955), Charlie Byrd (1925), and Ethel Waters (1896).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Alan Hovhaness ranks 81. Before him are Marco Beltrami (1966), Pauline Oliveros (1932), Mark Snow (1946), Leonard Slatkin (1944), William Bolcom (1938), and Peter Schickele (1935). After him are George Bruns (1914), Glenn Branca (1948), Elliot Goldenthal (1954), Milton Babbitt (1916), David Diamond (1915), and Ferde Grofé (1892).

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