COMPOSER

Angus MacLise

1938 - 1979

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Angus William MacLise (March 14, 1938 – June 21, 1979) was an American percussionist, composer, poet, occultist and calligrapher, known as the first drummer for the Velvet Underground who abruptly quit due to disagreements with the band playing their first paid show. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Angus MacLise has received more than 376,936 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Angus MacLise is the 1,367th most popular composer (down from 1,278th in 2019), the 11,241st most popular biography from United States (down from 10,449th in 2019) and the 121st most popular American Composer.

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  • 380k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Angus MacLise ranks 1,367 out of 1,451. Before him are Edmund Rubbra, Stephen Schwartz, Abel Korzeniowski, Arne Nordheim, Vladimír Godár, and Vladimir Jurowski. After him are Kaoru Wada, Lou Harrison, Thomas Bergersen, Fred Ebb, Norman Dello Joio, and Stephen Warbeck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Angus MacLise ranks 560. Before him are Jack Jones, Neil Abercrombie, Mary Jo Catlett, Johnny Tillotson, Ryszard Parulski, and Kathy Kirby. After him are Dietrich Stobbe, Caryl Churchill, David Singmaster, Jean Taillandier, Johnny Rebel, and Wilson Kiprugut. Among people deceased in 1979, Angus MacLise ranks 278. Before him are Putte Kock, Carlyle S. Beals, Jan Pijnenburg, Zoltán Várkonyi, Jimmy McCulloch, and Peter Donlon. After him are Jean Stafford, Margaret Harwood, Yuri Krylov, Edgar Buchanan, Walter Dietrich, and Charlotte Mineau.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Angus MacLise ranks 11,241 out of 20,380. Before him are Colleen Hoover (1979), Alan Hale Jr. (1921), Jack Johnson (1975), Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900), Timothy Ray Brown (1966), and Devendra Banhart (1981). After him are Rachel Levine (1957), Dustin Farnum (1874), Sam Balter (1909), Lea DeLaria (1958), Joakim Noah (1985), and Bill Laswell (1955).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Angus MacLise ranks 121. Before him are Lowell Mason (1792), Robert Russell Bennett (1894), Roy Harris (1898), Jerry Herman (1931), Shirley Walker (1945), and Stephen Schwartz (1948). After him are Lou Harrison (1917), Fred Ebb (1928), Norman Dello Joio (1913), David Newman (1954), Jimmy McHugh (1894), and Joseph Lamb (1887).

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