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Brian Ferneyhough

1943 - Today

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Brian John Peter Ferneyhough (; born 16 January 1943) is an English composer. Ferneyhough is typically considered the central figure of the New Complexity movement. Ferneyhough has taught composition at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg and the University of California, San Diego; he teaches at Stanford University and is a regular lecturer in the summer courses at Darmstädter Ferienkurse. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brian Ferneyhough has received more than 200,270 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Brian Ferneyhough is the 1,102nd most popular composer (down from 1,049th in 2019), the 3,281st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,328th in 2019) and the 49th most popular British Composer.

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  • 200k

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  • 47.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Brian Ferneyhough ranks 1,102 out of 1,216. Before him are Nicolas Dalayrac, Ivor Novello, Igor Krutoy, Gioseffo Guami, Hans Huber, and Henry Bishop. After him are Armand Amar, Vladimír Franz, Henk Badings, Elza Ibrahimova, Luís de Freitas Branco, and Arthur Benjamin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Brian Ferneyhough ranks 393. Before him are Ottavio Bianchi, Catherine Cesarsky, Peter Sinfield, Bob Hite, Jamie Gillis, and Andrej Bajuk. After him are Terry Venables, Peter Norton, Harley Race, Christopher Priest, Janet Akyüz Mattei, and Lucius Shepard.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Brian Ferneyhough ranks 3,281 out of 7,765. Before him are Catherine Bell (1968), Joan Aiken (1924), Rhona Mitra (1976), Dorothy Garrod (1892), Dave Davies (1947), and Gayatri Devi (1919). After him are Michelle Dockery (1981), John Gardner Wilkinson (1797), A. E. Housman (1859), Tony Kaye (1945), Richard Hoggart (1918), and William Primrose (1904).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Brian Ferneyhough ranks 49. Before him are Michael Tippett (1905), William Lawes (1602), Charles Avison (1709), Clint Mansell (1963), Ivor Novello (1893), and Henry Bishop (1786). After him are Gavin Bryars (1943), Thomas Linley the younger (1756), William Sterndale Bennett (1816), Arthur Bliss (1891), Thomas Morley (1557), and Havergal Brian (1876).

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