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Carlos Chávez

1899 - 1978

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Carlos Antonio de Padua Chávez y Ramírez (13 June 1899 – 2 August 1978) was a Mexican composer, conductor, music theorist, educator, journalist, and founder and director of the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra. He was influenced by native Mexican cultures. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carlos Chávez has received more than 193,176 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Carlos Chávez is the 791st most popular composer (down from 664th in 2019), the 134th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 112th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Mexican Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Carlos Chávez ranks 791 out of 1,216. Before him are Edward MacDowell, Alexander Tcherepnin, Galina Ustvolskaya, Johann Andreas Stein, Joseph Jongen, and Nikos Skalkottas. After him are Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Emanuele d'Astorga, Sigismondo d'India, Isaak Dunayevsky, Simon Sechter, and Eduard Artemyev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Carlos Chávez ranks 132. Before him are Zaki al-Arsuzi, S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Anita Berber, Alexander Tcherepnin, Yaakov Dori, and Qu Qiubai. After him are Richard Hartshorne, Domingo Tejera, Sára Salkaházi, Norman Taurog, Wessel Freytag von Loringhoven, and Johan Grøttumsbråten. Among people deceased in 1978, Carlos Chávez ranks 105. Before him are Diana Budisavljević, Luigi Allemandi, Harold Abrahams, Raúl Alberto Lastiri, Roy Harrod, and Henryk Zygalski. After him are Federico Chávez, José Gonzalvo, Ivan Tyulenev, Julio Jaramillo, Bernhard Karlgren, and Ángel Bossio.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Carlos Chávez ranks 134 out of 585. Before him are Francisco S. Carvajal (1870), Helena Rojo (1944), Ricardo Flores Magón (1874), Pedro Armendáriz Jr. (1940), Demián Bichir (1963), and Luis Donaldo Colosio (1950). After him are Nigel Bruce (1895), Juan Álvarez (1790), José Alfredo Jiménez (1926), José Vasconcelos (1882), Kitten Natividad (1948), and Juventino Rosas (1868).

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Among COMPOSERS In Mexico

Among composers born in Mexico, Carlos Chávez ranks 3. Before him are Manuel Ponce (1886) and Agustín Lara (1897). After him are Juventino Rosas (1868), Silvestre Revueltas (1899), and Arturo Márquez (1950).

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