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Alicia de Larrocha

1923 - 2009

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Alicia de Larrocha y de la Calle (23 May 1923 – 25 September 2009) was a Spanish pianist and composer. She was considered one of the great piano legends of the 20th century. Reuters called her "the greatest Spanish pianist in history", Time "one of the world's most outstanding pianists", and The Guardian "the leading Spanish pianist of her time".She won four Grammy Awards, out of fourteen nominations, and a Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alicia de Larrocha has received more than 195,134 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Alicia de Larrocha is the 338th most popular musician (up from 433rd in 2019), the 532nd most popular biography from Spain (up from 642nd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Spanish Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Alicia de Larrocha has had the most page views in the with 23,015 views, followed by Spanish (21,611), and Japanese (9,603). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Japanese (79.43%), Latin (71.90%), and Albanian (65.79%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Alicia de Larrocha ranks 338 out of 3,175. Before her are Paul Landers, Franco Battiato, Johnny Ramone, John McLaughlin, Fred Durst, and Jan Garbarek. After her are Matteo Carcassi, Leonid Kogan, Peter Criss, Florian Schneider, Robbie Robertson, and Bruno Mars.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Alicia de Larrocha ranks 80. Before her are Conrad Bain, Hwang Jang-yop, Leonid Gaidai, Reinhart Koselleck, André Courrèges, and Ernest Mandel. After her are Richard Avedon, Hank Williams, Zarifa Aliyeva, Ousmane Sembène, Valentina Cortese, and André Gorz. Among people deceased in 2009, Alicia de Larrocha ranks 64. Before her are Toni Sailer, Ingemar Johansson, Susan Atkins, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, J. G. Ballard, and Clive Granger. After her are Shih Kien, Edward T. Hall, Gaafar Nimeiry, Ricardo Montalbán, Arne Næss, and Sydney Chaplin.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Alicia de Larrocha ranks 532 out of 3,355. Before her are Beatus of Liébana (730), Andrés de Urdaneta (1498), García Sánchez III of Pamplona (1012), Remedios Varo (1908), Juan Goytisolo (1931), and Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon (1401). After her are Vímara Peres (820), Eleanor de Guzmán (1310), Victoria Abril (1959), Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria (1901), Ordoño III of León (926), and Agustín Muñoz Grandes (1896).

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Among MUSICIANS In Spain

Among musicians born in Spain, Alicia de Larrocha ranks 8. Before her are Pablo Casals (1876), Pablo de Sarasate (1844), Paco de Lucía (1947), Fernando Sor (1778), Andrés Segovia (1893), and Narciso Yepes (1927). After her are Joan Manuel Serrat (1943), Dionisio Aguado y García (1784), Ricardo Viñes (1875), Enrique Fernández Arbós (1863), Nicanor Zabaleta (1907), and Paco Ibáñez (1934).

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