MUSICIAN

Edgar Froese

1944 - 2015

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Edgar Willmar Froese (German: [ˈɛtɡaʁ ˈfʁøːzə]; 6 June 1944 – 20 January 2015) was a German musical artist and electronic music pioneer, best known for founding the electronic music group Tangerine Dream in 1967. Froese was the only continuous member of the group until his death. His solo and group recordings prior to 2003 name him as "Edgar Froese", and his later solo albums bear the name "Edgar W. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edgar Froese has received more than 561,673 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Edgar Froese is the 606th most popular musician (down from 577th in 2019), the 905th most popular biography from Russia (down from 852nd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Russian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 560k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Edgar Froese ranks 606 out of 3,175. Before him are Nick Simper, Ahmad Jamal, Josef Suk, Armando Manzanero, Antonio Bazzini, and Ingrid Haebler. After him are Ivo Pogorelić, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lindsey Buckingham, Tony Sheridan, Rick Wakeman, and Myung-whun Chung.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Edgar Froese ranks 244. Before him are Richard Leakey, Ivica Račan, Péter Eötvös, Jim Abrahams, Donald Tsang, and Louise Lake-Tack. After him are Jean-Daniel Cadinot, Francisco Sagasti, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Fernando Ocáriz Braña, Wesley Clark, and John Milius. Among people deceased in 2015, Edgar Froese ranks 130. Before him are Kenzo Ohashi, Natalie Cole, Diana Douglas, Anne Meara, Aleksei Gubarev, and Nigel Terry. After him are Vicente Aranda, Lesley Gore, Ron Clarke, Harald Nielsen, Esther Brand, and Doris Hart.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Edgar Froese ranks 905 out of 3,761. Before him are Alexey Maresyev (1916), Arkady Rotenberg (1951), Grigori Aleksandrov (1903), George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg (1852), Nikolai Korotkov (1874), and Andrey Kurbsky (1528). After him are Sergey Aksakov (1791), Nikolay Cherkasov (1903), Eeva Kilpi (1928), Anna Kournikova (1981), Boris Stürmer (1848), and Gleb Panfilov (1934).

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Among MUSICIANS In Russia

Among musicians born in Russia, Edgar Froese ranks 8. Before him are Vladimir Ashkenazy (1937), Nikolai Rubinstein (1835), Grigory Sokolov (1950), Valery Gergiev (1953), Maria Yudina (1899), and Lazar Berman (1930). After him are Evgeny Kissin (1971), Maxim Shostakovich (1938), Vladimir Sofronitsky (1901), Mikhail Pletnev (1957), Nikolai Zverev (1832), and Lev Oborin (1907).

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