COMPOSER

Carlos Guastavino

1912 - 2000

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Carlos Guastavino (5 April 1912 – 29 October 2000) was an Argentine composer, considered one of the foremost composers of his country. His production amounted to over 500 works, most of them songs for piano and voice, many still unpublished. His style was quite conservative, always tonal and lushly romantic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carlos Guastavino has received more than 84,293 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Carlos Guastavino is the 1,002nd most popular composer (down from 974th in 2019), the 305th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 253rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Argentinean Composer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Carlos Guastavino ranks 1,002 out of 1,451. Before him are Franco Faccio, Gottfried von Einem, Johann Theile, Artur Kapp, Leevi Madetoja, and André Gedalge. After him are August Wilhelm Ambros, Richard Heuberger, Hamilton Harty, Édouard Colonne, Alessandro Grandi, and Gottfried August Homilius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Carlos Guastavino ranks 214. Before him are Herluf Bidstrup, Walter Sisulu, John Templeton, Gholam Reza Azhari, Alfred Deller, and Sabiha Kasimati. After him are George Devol, Agnes Martin, Otto Siffling, Émile Allais, Heikki A. Alikoski, and Peter Walker. Among people deceased in 2000, Carlos Guastavino ranks 172. Before him are Hans-Diedrich von Tiesenhausen, Walter Berry, So Yamamura, Anne Hébert, Werner Klemperer, and Paula Wessely. After him are Ansumane Mané, Rinaldo Martino, Johannes Virolainen, Herbert Friedman, Gustaw Herling-Grudziński, and Robert Dienst.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Carlos Guastavino ranks 305 out of 1,154. Before him are Luis Héctor Villalba (1934), Juan José Tramutola (1902), Osvaldo Héctor Cruz (1931), Juan Esteban Pedernera (1796), Juan Carlos Zabala (1911), and Vladislao Cap (1934). After him are César Aira (1949), Rinaldo Martino (1921), Tomás Maldonado (1922), Héctor Alterio (1929), Pascual Pérez (1926), and Gabriel Calderón (1960).

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Among COMPOSERS In Argentina

Among composers born in Argentina, Carlos Guastavino ranks 6. Before him are Astor Piazzolla (1921), Alberto Ginastera (1916), Ariel Ramírez (1921), Mauricio Kagel (1931), and Luis Bacalov (1933). After him are Mariano Mores (1918), and Osvaldo Golijov (1960).

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