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Calixa Lavallée

1842 - 1891

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Calixa Lavallée (December 28, 1842 – January 21, 1891) was a Canadian musician and Union Army band musician during the American Civil War. He was born in the Province of Canada. He is best known for composing the music for "O Canada," which officially became the national anthem of Canada in 1980, after a vote in the Senate and the House of Commons. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Calixa Lavallée has received more than 175,740 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 17 in 2019). Calixa Lavallée is the 1,430th most popular musician (down from 1,347th in 2019), the 391st most popular biography from Canada (down from 354th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Canadian Musician.

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  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Calixa Lavallée ranks 1,430 out of 2,662. Before him are Andor Földes, Larry Graham, George Adams, Scott Weiland, Roland Grapow, and Roy Wood. After him are Josef Lhévinne, Will Champion, Tim Sköld, John Powell, Steve Lacy, and John Foxx.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1842, Calixa Lavallée ranks 79. Before him are Ernest Lavisse, Nikolay Mikhaylovsky, Carl Theodore Liebermann, Otto Sinding, Stefanos Dragoumis, and Alphons Czibulka. After him are Enrique Gaspar y Rimbau, Hugo Egmont Hørring, Agnes Mary Clerke, Alexander Voeikov, Albert Ladenburg, and Nikolai Menshutkin. Among people deceased in 1891, Calixa Lavallée ranks 86. Before him are Joseph Leidy, Nikolay Ilminsky, Lajos Haynald, Constantine Paparrigopoulos, Anton Heinrich Springer, and Edwin Long. After him are Amalie Dietrich, Joseph Roumanille, Antonio Arenas, Alphonso Taft, Pierre de Decker, and George Bancroft.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Calixa Lavallée ranks 391 out of 1,350. Before him are George Hodgson (1893), Chad Kroeger (1974), Alissa White-Gluz (1985), Jack Pickford (1896), Cindy Breakspeare (1954), and A. J. Cook (1978). After him are Marie Avgeropoulos (1986), Jacques Parizeau (1930), François Legault (1957), Lochlyn Munro (1966), Monique Mercure (1930), and Heather Menzies (1949).

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Among MUSICIANS In Canada

Among musicians born in Canada, Calixa Lavallée ranks 20. Before him are Paul Bley (1932), Bob Ezrin (1949), Bob Rock (1954), Geddy Lee (1953), Buffy Sainte-Marie (1941), and Marc-André Hamelin (1961). After him are Daniel Lanois (1951), Alex Lifeson (1953), Rick Danko (1943), Richard Manuel (1943), Kenny Wheeler (1930), and Garth Hudson (1937).

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