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Augusta Holmès

1847 - 1903

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Augusta Mary Anne Holmès (16 December 1847 – 28 January 1903) was a French composer of Irish descent. In 1871, Holmès became a French national and added the accent to her last name. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Augusta Holmès has received more than 98,201 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Augusta Holmès is the 747th most popular composer (up from 801st in 2019), the 3,030th most popular biography from France (up from 3,040th in 2019) and the 106th most popular French Composer.

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  • 98k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Augusta Holmès ranks 747 out of 1,451. Before her are Jerome Kern, Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, Christian Cannabich, Claude Balbastre, Benjamin Godard, and Franz Krommer. After her are Dave Grusin, Louise Bertin, Carlos Seixas, Juan Bautista Cabanilles, Toshi Ichiyanagi, and Johann Baptist Cramer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1847, Augusta Holmès ranks 48. Before her are Afonso Pena, Millicent Fawcett, Josip Belušić, Giuseppe Giacosa, Oku Yasukata, and Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery. After her are Margarete Steiff, Agathe Backer Grøndahl, Lady Adela, Frank Wigglesworth Clarke, Pavel Yablochkov, and Hiệp Hòa. Among people deceased in 1903, Augusta Holmès ranks 40. Before her are Giuseppe Zanardelli, Charles Renouvier, Béni Kállay, Alexander Bain, Luigi Cremona, and Malwida von Meysenbug. After her are Harriet Lane, Emily Warren Roebling, William Ernest Henley, Kusumoto Ine, Adrien Proust, and Ozaki Kōyō.

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In France

Among people born in France, Augusta Holmès ranks 3,030 out of 6,770. Before her are Sarah Kofman (1934), Isabelle of France (1225), Henri Laurens (1885), Claude Balbastre (1724), Benjamin Godard (1849), and Pierre-Paul Riquet (1609). After her are Lupus of Troyes (395), Louise Bertin (1805), Stéphane Peterhansel (1965), Marie Antoinette Murat (1793), Pierre Wantzel (1814), and Pierre Grimal (1912).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Augusta Holmès ranks 106. Before her are Michel Corrette (1707), Nicolas Gombert (1495), Charles Tournemire (1870), Petrus de Cruce (1300), Claude Balbastre (1724), and Benjamin Godard (1849). After her are Louise Bertin (1805), Maurice Emmanuel (1862), Claudin de Sermisy (1490), George Onslow (1784), Claude Le Jeune (1528), and Aimeric de Peguilhan (1200).

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