COMPOSER

Alfred Newman

1900 - 1970

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Alfred Newman (March 17, 1900 – February 17, 1970) was an American composer, arranger, and conductor of film music. From his start as a music prodigy, he came to be regarded as a respected figure in the history of film music. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfred Newman has received more than 198,464 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Alfred Newman is the 637th most popular composer (down from 365th in 2019), the 2,987th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,730th in 2019) and the 35th most popular American Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Alfred Newman ranks 637 out of 1,451. Before him are Stephen Foster, Diego Ortiz, Myroslav Skoryk, Domenico Dragonetti, Eduardo di Capua, and Ernesto Lecuona. After him are Jean Françaix, Franz Waxman, Karl Amadeus Hartmann, Joseph Leopold Eybler, Jean-François Dandrieu, and Herms Niel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Alfred Newman ranks 119. Before him are Mikhail Katukov, Ernst Krenek, Lidia Ruslanova, Vítězslav Nezval, Santos Urdinarán, and Gustavo Rojas Pinilla. After him are Luigi Longo, Leo Löwenthal, Franz Neumann, Hans Stuck, René Crevel, and Fritz London. Among people deceased in 1970, Alfred Newman ranks 106. Before him are Café Filho, John Barbirolli, Folco Lulli, Prince Adalbert of Bavaria, Leah Goldberg, and Friedrich Pollock. After him are Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov, Marlen Haushofer, Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow, Marietta Blau, Fernand Crommelynck, and Hugh Dowding.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alfred Newman ranks 2,987 out of 20,380. Before him are Neil Postman (1931), Jensen Ackles (1978), Roderick MacKinnon (1956), Stuart Whitman (1928), Gregory Goodwin Pincus (1903), and Joel Grey (1932). After him are Ronald Inglehart (1934), Mary Astor (1906), Charles M. Schulz (1922), Jeff Porcaro (1954), Gordon Cooper (1927), and Donald O'Connor (1925).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Alfred Newman ranks 35. Before him are George Antheil (1900), Ernest Guiraud (1837), Stephen Sondheim (1930), Basil Poledouris (1945), Morton Feldman (1926), and Stephen Foster (1826). After him are Sun Ra (1914), Alex North (1910), Amy Beach (1867), Jerome Kern (1885), Dave Grusin (1934), and La Monte Young (1935).

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