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Clifford Curzon

1907 - 1982

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Sir Clifford Michael Curzon CBE (né Siegenberg; 18 May 1907 – 1 September 1982) was an English classical pianist. Curzon studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and subsequently with Artur Schnabel in Berlin and Wanda Landowska and Nadia Boulanger in Paris. In his early career he was known for his performances of Romantic and virtuoso music, and for championing modern works. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Clifford Curzon has received more than 96,601 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Clifford Curzon is the 1,459th most popular musician (down from 1,291st in 2019), the 3,822nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,395th in 2019) and the 231st most popular British Musician.

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  • 54.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Clifford Curzon ranks 1,459 out of 3,175. Before him are Hyde, Roland Grapow, Joseph Williams, Alexander Brailowsky, Yuri Bashmet, and David Tudor. After him are Leslie West, Michael Nesmith, Alexander Rosenbaum, Manuel Göttsching, Oliver Nelson, and Beth Gibbons.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Clifford Curzon ranks 293. Before him are Marie Jahoda, Luiz Gervazoni, Ann Todd, Alfredo Devincenzi, Maurice Cloche, and Jean Van Houtte. After him are Willy Busch, Hassler Whitney, Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi, Vicente Enrique y Tarancón, Adalbert Püllöck, and George W. Romney. Among people deceased in 1982, Clifford Curzon ranks 213. Before him are Ramón J. Sender, László Sternberg, Konrad Granström, Ed Hamm, Erik Larsson, and Alberto Vargas. After him are Frederick Terman, Willy Busch, Stanley Holloway, Dieter Borsche, Ricardo Pérez Godoy, and Frank Séchehaye.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Clifford Curzon ranks 3,822 out of 8,785. Before him are Edward Blore (1787), Wilfrid Hyde-White (1903), Mal Evans (1935), James Wilson (1742), Anne V. Coates (1925), and Freddie Jones (1927). After him are Phyllis Johnson (1886), Bernard Bosanquet (1848), Charles Booth (1840), Ben Chaplin (1969), Peter Scott (1909), and David Marshall Lang (1924).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Clifford Curzon ranks 231. Before him are Bev Bevan (1944), Gordon Haskell (1946), Roy Thomas Baker (1946), Jay Kay (1969), Alan Clark (1952), and Paul Kossoff (1950). After him are Beth Gibbons (1965), Spike Edney (1951), Sharleen Spiteri (1967), John Ogdon (1937), John Taylor (1960), and Jim Capaldi (1944).

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