COMPOSER

Avet Terterian

1929 - 1994

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Alfred Roubenovich "Avet" Terterian (also Terteryan) (Armenian: Ալֆրեդ "Ավետ" Տերտերյան, July 29, 1929 – December 11, 1994) was an Armenian composer, awarded the Konrad Adenauer Prize.Terterian composed eight (completed) symphonies, several of which are recorded, an opera and several chamber works.Terterian was a friend and colleague of Giya Kancheli, Konstantin Orbelyan, and Tigran Mansurian. Dmitri Shostakovich praised Terterian as "very talented" and "with great future" in one of his letters, published by his friend Isaak Glikman, having heard a recording of Terterian's works at Armenia's "House of Composers" summer resort in Dilijan, Armenia.He studied at the Music Academy in Baku from 1948, and moved to the Romanos-Melikian Music Academy in 1951. He studied composition at the Komitas State Conservatory in Yerevan from 1952. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Avet Terterian has received more than 36,298 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Avet Terterian is the 1,112th most popular composer (down from 1,060th in 2019), the 105th most popular biography from Azerbaijan (down from 88th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Azerbaijani Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 36k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Avet Terterians by language

Over the past year Avet Terterian has had the most page views in the with 3,933 views, followed by Russian (3,841), and Armenian (2,721). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are (109.43%), Simple English (72.43%), and Czech (52.89%)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Avet Terterian ranks 1,112 out of 1,451. Before him are Vilém Blodek, Johann Nepomuk David, Robert Franz, Luis de Pablo, Yevhen Stankovych, and Shirō Sagisu. After him are Ludwig Abeille, Nikolaos Mantzaros, Igor Krutoy, Ján Cikker, York Bowen, and Wacław of Szamotuły.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Avet Terterian ranks 343. Before him are Karin Lindberg, Princess Alix of Luxembourg, Birgitta Trotzig, Jimmy Cobb, Zbigniew Messner, and John Hejduk. After him are Elizabeth Roemer, Naima Akef, David Doyle, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Jacques Plante, and Richard Lewontin. Among people deceased in 1994, Avet Terterian ranks 222. Before him are Lew Hoad, Severino Minelli, Masayoshi Ito, Gilbert Roland, Russell Kirk, and Dinah Shore. After him are Helena Rasiowa, Sigmund Ruud, Augusts Voss, Paul Anderson, Joseph Iléo, and François Marty.

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In Azerbaijan

Among people born in Azerbaijan, Avet Terterian ranks 105 out of 232. Before him are Arif Malikov (1933), Jafar Jabbarly (1899), Sakina Akhundzadeh (1865), Ganira Pashayeva (1975), Fuad Abdurahmanov (1915), and Alim Qasimov (1957). After him are Molla Vali Vidadi (1709), John M. Stahl (1886), Alakbar Mammadov (1930), Aygün Kazımova (1971), Veronika Dudarova (1916), and Nikolai Baibakov (1911).

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Among COMPOSERS In Azerbaijan

Among composers born in Azerbaijan, Avet Terterian ranks 6. Before him are Uzeyir Hajibeyov (1885), Gara Garayev (1918), Fikret Amirov (1922), Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (1947), and Arif Malikov (1933). After him are Elza Ibrahimova (1938), Tofig Guliyev (1917), and Rauf Hajiyev (1922).

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