COMPOSER

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 205,073 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Carlos Chávez is the 791st most popular composer (down from 790th in 2019), the 144th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 134th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Mexican Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Carlos Chávez ranks 791 out of 1,451. Before him are Moritz Hauptmann, Sigismondo d'India, Nicola Fago, Wim Mertens, Thomas Newman, and Koichi Sugiyama. After him are Johann Rosenmüller, Jan Václav Voříšek, Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Alexander Spendiaryan, Emil Paur, and Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Carlos Chávez ranks 140. Before him are Rufino Tamayo, Oscar Zariski, Armand Salacrou, Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg, Wessel Freytag von Loringhoven, and Johan Grøttumsbråten. After him are Norman Taurog, Yury Olesha, Iskander Mirza, Günther Pancke, Anita Berber, and František Tomášek. Among people deceased in 1978, Carlos Chávez ranks 109. Before him are Warren Weaver, Jean Acker, Lucius D. Clay, Leo Ryan, Bernhard Karlgren, and Julio Jaramillo. After him are Prince Sigismund of Prussia, Zivia Lubetkin, Raymond Braine, Nancy Spungen, Federico Chávez, and Harold Abrahams.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Carlos Chávez ranks 144 out of 729. Before him are Rufino Tamayo (1899), Claudia Sheinbaum (1962), José Vasconcelos (1882), Manuel Ojeda (1940), Antonio Aguilar (1919), and Ricardo Flores Magón (1874). After him are José José (1948), Ignacio Comonfort (1812), Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo (1926), José Alfredo Jiménez (1926), Pedro Armendáriz Jr. (1940), and Guillermo Ochoa (1985).

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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 Silvestre Revueltas (1899), Juventino Rosas (1868), and Arturo Márquez (1950).

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