COMPOSER

Arthur Bliss

1891 - 1975

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Sir Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss (2 August 1891 – 27 March 1975) was an English composer and conductor. Bliss's musical training was cut short by the First World War, in which he served with distinction in the army. In the post-war years he quickly became known as an unconventional and modernist composer, but within the decade he began to display a more traditional and romantic side in his music. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur Bliss has received more than 202,770 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Bliss is the 1,221st most popular composer (down from 1,139th in 2019), the 3,929th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,526th in 2019) and the 60th most popular British Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Arthur Bliss ranks 1,221 out of 1,451. Before him are Fred Frith, Sanja Ilić, Havergal Brian, Alan Hovhaness, Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi, and Alphons Czibulka. After him are Andrei Eshpai, George Bruns, Alexandre Levy, Nicholas Hooper, Glenn Branca, and Miina Härma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Arthur Bliss ranks 232. Before him are Riccardo Bacchelli, Wallace Reid, Julius Saaristo, Oreste Puliti, E. A. Dupont, and Nikolai Golovanov. After him are Paolo Salvi, Anton Grasser, Earl Browder, Miriam Cooper, Erik Almlöf, and V. Volodarsky. Among people deceased in 1975, Arthur Bliss ranks 208. Before him are Oliver Nelson, Argemiro, Robert Strauss, Tommy Green, Toti Dal Monte, and Ali Sastroamidjojo. After him are Erico Verissimo, Otto Winzer, Thomas Hart Benton, Nils Eriksen, Pyotr Novikov, and Andrzej Mostowski.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Arthur Bliss ranks 3,929 out of 8,785. Before him are Princess Charlotte of Cambridge (2015), Mary Delany (1700), Bob Shaw (1931), Arthur Berry (1888), George Crabbe (1754), and Reginald Wingate (1861). After him are Michael Carrick (1981), Nicholas Hooper (1952), Alfred Ewing (1855), Ed Westwick (1987), Asa Butterfield (1997), and Joanna Pettet (1942).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Arthur Bliss ranks 60. Before him are Harrison Birtwistle (1934), Craig Armstrong (1959), Granville Bantock (1868), Ivor Novello (1893), Fred Frith (1949), and Havergal Brian (1876). After him are Nicholas Hooper (1952), Gerald Finzi (1901), Thomas Linley the younger (1756), Rachel Portman (1960), Maurice Greene (1696), and Samuel Arnold (1740).

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