COMPOSER

Allan Pettersson

1911 - 1980

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Gustaf Allan Pettersson (19 September 1911 – 20 June 1980) was a Swedish composer and violist. He is considered one of the 20th century's most important Swedish composers and was described as one of the last great symphonists, often compared to Gustav Mahler.: 3  His music can hardly be confused with other 20th-century works. In the final decade of his life, his symphonies (typically one-movement works) developed an international following, particularly in Germany and Sweden. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Allan Pettersson has received more than 110,401 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Allan Pettersson is the 860th most popular composer (down from 802nd in 2019), the 456th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 401st in 2019) and the 7th most popular Swedish Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

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  • 52.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Allan Pettersson ranks 860 out of 1,451. Before him are Nie Er, Turlough O'Carolan, Robert Volkmann, Alberto Iglesias, Déodat de Séverac, and Friedrich Kiel. After him are Aribert Reimann, Giovanni Artusi, Emanuele d'Astorga, Charles Burney, Nikolai Tcherepnin, and Filippo Marchetti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Allan Pettersson ranks 157. Before him are José María Arguedas, Louis Dumont, Arkady Raikin, Hume Cronyn, Kukrit Pramoj, and Floyd Council. After him are Aliya bint Ali, Brunhilde Pomsel, Roy Rogers, Terry-Thomas, Gian Carlo Menotti, and Wolfgang Larrazábal. Among people deceased in 1980, Allan Pettersson ranks 148. Before him are John W. McCormack, Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, Rachel Roberts, Gerhard Hanappi, Dorothy Day, and Jan Werich. After him are Torcuato Fernández-Miranda, Miliza Korjus, Sonja Wigert, Ángel Sanz Briz, Philip Guston, and Gerhard von Schwerin.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Allan Pettersson ranks 456 out of 1,879. Before him are Ivar Johansson (1903), Erik Gustaf Boström (1842), Nils Axelsson (1906), Victoria Benedictsson (1850), Carl Charlier (1862), and Jan Eliasson (1940). After him are Kristina Wayborn (1950), Martin Dahlin (1968), Gösta Ekman (1890), Sven-Bertil Taube (1934), Jarl Kulle (1927), and Henrik Sjöberg (1875).

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Among COMPOSERS In Sweden

Among composers born in Sweden, Allan Pettersson ranks 7. Before him are Dieterich Buxtehude (1637), Hugo Alfvén (1872), Princess Cecilia of Sweden (1807), Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871), Kurt Atterberg (1887), and Johan Helmich Roman (1694). After him are Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867), Lars-Erik Larsson (1908), Ludvig Norman (1831), Ture Rangström (1884), Einar Englund (1916), and Eddie Meduza (1948).

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