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Arthur Sullivan

1842 - 1900

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Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan (13 May 1842 – 22 November 1900) was an English composer. He is best known for 14 operatic collaborations with the dramatist W. S. Gilbert, including H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado. His works include 24 operas, 11 major orchestral works, ten choral works and oratorios, two ballets, incidental music to several plays, and numerous church pieces, songs, and piano and chamber pieces. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur Sullivan has received more than 1,179,003 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Arthur Sullivan is the 723rd most popular composer (up from 937th in 2019), the 2,035th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,735th in 2019) and the 26th most popular British Composer.

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Arthur Sullivan ranks 723 out of 1,216. Before him are Leo Fall, Aristides Quintilianus, Giovanni Artusi, Franz Anton Hoffmeister, Turlough O'Carolan, and Muslim Magomayev. After him are Franz Krommer, Norbert Burgmüller, Temistocle Solera, Luis de Narváez, Sigismund von Neukomm, and Ferdinand David.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1842, Arthur Sullivan ranks 54. Before him are François Coppée, Mahadev Govind Ranade, Princess Alexandrine of Prussia, Ernest, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Emil Christian Hansen, and Carl Millöcker. After him are Maurice Rouvier, Eloy Alfaro, Jan Puzyna de Kosielsko, Antero de Quental, Stojan Novaković, and Heinrich Martin Weber. Among people deceased in 1900, Arthur Sullivan ranks 48. Before him are Sergei Korsakoff, Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Elwin Bruno Christoffel, Wilhelm Leibl, Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann, and Bruno Abakanowicz. After him are James Edward Keeler, Arsenio Martínez Campos, Peter Waage, Carl Lange, Francišak Bahuševič, and Piet Joubert.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Arthur Sullivan ranks 2,035 out of 7,765. Before him are Billy Wright (1924), Frederick Abberline (1843), George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen (1946), Saint Alban (300), Lily Collins (1989), and John Profumo (1915). After him are G. M. B. Dobson (1889), Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (1777), Liam Payne (1993), John Maynard Smith (1920), Cecil Beaton (1904), and Jonny Lee Miller (1972).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Arthur Sullivan ranks 26. Before him are Ethel Smyth (1858), John Blow (1649), Orlando Gibbons (1583), Pasquale Anfossi (1727), William Boyce (1711), and Malcolm Arnold (1921). After him are John Taverner (1490), John Bull (1562), Frank Bridge (1879), Rebecca Clarke (1886), Charles Burney (1726), and Stanley Myers (1930).

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