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David Diamond

1915 - 2005

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David Leo Diamond (July 9, 1915 – June 13, 2005) was an American composer of classical music. He is considered one of the preeminent American composers of his generation. Many of his works are tonal or modestly modal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Diamond has received more than 20,313 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. David Diamond is the 1,244th most popular composer (down from 1,182nd in 2019), the 7,913th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,306th in 2019) and the 86th most popular American Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 20k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, David Diamond ranks 1,244 out of 1,451. Before him are Dobri Hristov, Rachel Portman, Masaaki Suzuki, Emīls Dārziņš, Wenzel Müller, and Afrasiyab Badalbeyli. After him are Junkie XL, Leonel Power, Sergei Slonimsky, Camille Erlanger, Alfrēds Kalniņš, and Dimitri Arakishvili.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, David Diamond ranks 221. Before him are Alice Faye, Lester del Rey, Alvin M. Weinberg, Barnard Hughes, Ewan MacColl, and Lars Ahlin. After him are Jan Twardowski, Nicholas Metropolis, Tomás Fernández, Anita Louise, Norman Cousins, and A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury. Among people deceased in 2005, David Diamond ranks 271. Before him are Sverre Stenersen, Horacio Casarín, Mustafa Ertan, Dahlia Ravikovitch, Sergei Starostin, and Sergio Cervato. After him are Wolfgang Blochwitz, Jerzy Pawłowski, Josef Holeček, Henry Källgren, Lane Smith, and Parveen Babi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Diamond ranks 7,913 out of 20,380. Before him are Kevin Sussman (1970), Rick Hoffman (1970), Lisa De Leeuw (1958), K. C. Jones (1932), Wilford Woodruff (1807), and Carlos Bernard (1962). After him are Barry Van Dyke (1951), Michael Murphy (1938), William Barton Rogers (1804), Tory Lane (1982), Chris von Saltza (1944), and Paula Prentiss (1938).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, David Diamond ranks 86. Before him are Peter Schickele (1935), Alan Hovhaness (1911), George Bruns (1914), Glenn Branca (1948), Elliot Goldenthal (1954), and Milton Babbitt (1916). After him are Ferde Grofé (1892), Paul Creston (1906), Rhys Chatham (1952), David Raksin (1912), Virgil Thomson (1896), and Paul Williams (1940).

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