MUSICIAN

Clara Rockmore

1911 - 1998

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Clara Reisenberg Rockmore (9 March 1911 – 10 May 1998) was a Lithuanian classical violin prodigy and a virtuoso performer of the theremin, an electronic musical instrument. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Clara Rockmore has received more than 1,241,963 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 29 in 2019). Clara Rockmore is the 709th most popular musician (down from 549th in 2019), the 80th most popular biography from Lithuania (down from 58th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Lithuanian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Clara Rockmores by language

Over the past year Clara Rockmore has had the most page views in the with 109,374 views, followed by Spanish (25,917), and Portuguese (13,369). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (113.33%), Galician (82.77%), and Spanish (77.40%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Clara Rockmore ranks 709 out of 3,175. Before her are Eric Dolphy, Robert Hausmann, Elmore James, Menahem Pressler, Alexis Weissenberg, and Lev Oborin. After her are Agathe Backer Grøndahl, Conrad Graf, The Big Bopper, Kenny Clarke, Peter Hammill, and Liam Gallagher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Clara Rockmore ranks 138. Before her are Leopold Kielholz, Theodore Romzha, Mirzo Tursunzoda, Paul Carell, Hans Münch, and Jiří Sobotka. After her are Gabriel Almond, Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, Son Sann, Anatoly Rybakov, Marta Hillers, and Hervé Bazin. Among people deceased in 1998, Clara Rockmore ranks 112. Before her are Barry Goldwater, Benjamin Spock, Mary Cartwright, Joan Hickson, Birger Ruud, and Hide. After her are Anatoly Rybakov, Genrich Altshuller, Mancur Olson, Jean Leray, Bahi Ladgham, and Hans von Ohain.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Clara Rockmore ranks 80 out of 328. Before her are Iosif Igelström (1737), Petr Shelokhonov (1929), Aleksandras Stulginskis (1885), Maciej Sulkiewicz (1865), Daumantas of Pskov (1240), and Varvara Stepanova (1894). After her are Tomas Venclova (1937), Al Jolson (1886), Ieronim Uborevich (1896), Antanas Sniečkus (1903), Branislaw Tarashkyevich (1892), and Bernard Berenson (1865).

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Among MUSICIANS In Lithuania

Among musicians born in Lithuania, Clara Rockmore ranks 3. Before her are Jascha Heifetz (1901), and Leopold Godowsky (1870). After her are Vlado Perlemuter (1904), Julian Rachlin (1974), and Alina Orlova (1988).

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