MUSICIAN

Daphne Oram

1925 - 2003

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Daphne Blake Oram (31 December 1925 – 5 January 2003) was a British composer and electronic musician. She was one of the first British composers to produce electronic sound, and was an early practitioner of musique concrète in the UK. As a co-founder of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, she was central to the development of British electronic music. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daphne Oram has received more than 236,181 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Daphne Oram is the 1,608th most popular musician, the 4,149th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 255th most popular British Musician.

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  • 240k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Daphne Oram ranks 1,608 out of 3,175. Before her are Larry Williams, Didier Lockwood, Johnny Mandel, Wanda Wiłkomirska, Eliane Elias, and Memphis Minnie. After her are Daniel Viglietti, Alex Acuña, Mehdi Hassan, Stefan Olsdal, James P. Johnson, and Steve Hillage.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Daphne Oram ranks 415. Before her are Ernst Benda, Gizella Farkas, Alain Decaux, Johnny Mandel, Gwen Verdon, and Leon Schlumpf. After her are Ali Bozer, Ratmir Kholmov, Eva Ibbotson, Gunnar Birkerts, Ngiratkel Etpison, and Margaretha Krook. Among people deceased in 2003, Daphne Oram ranks 274. Before her are Stan Brakhage, Abdul Qadir al-Badri, Edwin Starr, Armand Borel, Mirza Tahir Ahmad, and Daijiro Kato. After her are Laurel Clark, Gene Anthony Ray, José Craveirinha, Jim Siedow, Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak, and Emil Pažický.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Daphne Oram ranks 4,149 out of 8,785. Before her are Ireen Sheer (1949), Roger Hargreaves (1935), Herbert Baddeley (1872), Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet (1707), Mike Summerbee (1942), and Thomas Phillips (1770). After her are John Marston (1576), John Milne (1850), Steve Bruce (1960), William John Swainson (1789), Roger of Wendover (1200), and George Clausen (1852).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Daphne Oram ranks 255. Before her are Jason Orange (1970), Dennis Brain (1921), John Sykes (1959), Richard Rodney Bennett (1936), John Martyn (1948), and Thomas Ravenscroft (1592). After her are Steve Hillage (1951), John Foxx (1948), Myra Hess (1890), Gavin Harrison (1963), Andy White (1930), and Ray Thomas (1941).

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