COMPOSER

Edison Denisov

1929 - 1996

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Edison Vasilievich Denisov (Russian: Эдисо́н Васи́льевич Дени́сов, 6 April 1929 – 24 November 1996) was a Russian composer in the so-called "Underground", "alternative" or "nonconformist" division of Soviet music. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edison Denisov has received more than 92,341 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Edison Denisov is the 707th most popular composer (down from 633rd in 2019), the 989th most popular biography from Russia (down from 845th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Russian Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 92k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Edison Denisovs by language

Over the past year Edison Denisov has had the most page views in the with 18,938 views, followed by English (10,436), and French (3,004). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (65.99%), French (44.28%), and Swedish (23.22%)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Edison Denisov ranks 707 out of 1,451. Before him are Alonso Mudarra, Joseph Jongen, Karol Lipiński, Antonio Rosetti, Franz Lachner, and Aloysia Weber. After him are Armando Trovajoli, Wolfgang Schmieder, Michel Corrette, Vatroslav Lisinski, Anton Walter, and Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Edison Denisov ranks 187. Before him are Peter Yates, Darío Castrillón Hoyos, Karl Koller, Eric Carle, Tayeb Salih, and Anna Walentynowicz. After him are Christoph von Dohnányi, James McDivitt, Hind Rostom, Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar, Benny Golson, and Hong Song-nam. Among people deceased in 1996, Edison Denisov ranks 117. Before him are Koichi Oita, Brunó Ferenc Straub, Gerry Mulligan, Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho, Károly Grósz, and Haing S. Ngor. After him are Hyman Minsky, Chas Chandler, Jerry Siegel, Ljuba Welitsch, Aruna Asaf Ali, and Dan Flavin.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Edison Denisov ranks 989 out of 3,761. Before him are Vadim Bakatin (1937), Vladimir Smirnov (1887), Nikolay Raevsky (1771), Olga Baclanova (1893), Matvei Platov (1753), and Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1850). After him are Alfred Clebsch (1833), Sergey Sobyanin (1958), Ivan Fedyuninsky (1900), Nikolai Zverev (1832), Nikolai Kuznetsov (1911), and Alexander Vasiliev (1867).

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Among COMPOSERS In Russia

Among composers born in Russia, Edison Denisov ranks 33. Before him are Aleksandra Pakhmutova (1929), Gennady Rozhdestvensky (1931), Tikhon Khrennikov (1913), Alexander Gretchaninov (1864), Sergei Lyapunov (1859), and Alexander Tcherepnin (1899). After him are Matvey Blanter (1903), Boris Asafyev (1884), Eduard Artemyev (1937), Erkki Melartin (1875), Alexander Alyabyev (1787), and Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752).

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