COMPOSER

Edmund Rubbra

1901 - 1986

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Edmund Rubbra (; 23 May 1901 – 14 February 1986) was a British composer. He composed both instrumental and vocal works for soloists, chamber groups and full choruses and orchestras. He was greatly esteemed by fellow musicians and was at the peak of his fame in the mid-20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edmund Rubbra has received more than 134,326 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Edmund Rubbra is the 1,361st most popular composer (down from 1,269th in 2019), the 5,205th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,880th in 2019) and the 91st most popular British Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Edmund Rubbra ranks 1,361 out of 1,451. Before him are Lennox Berkeley, John Stainer, Humphrey Searle, Samuel Adler, Magnus Lindberg, and Shirley Walker. After him are Stephen Schwartz, Abel Korzeniowski, Arne Nordheim, Vladimír Godár, Vladimir Jurowski, and Angus MacLise.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Edmund Rubbra ranks 337. Before him are V. Shantaram, Nelson Eddy, Jimmy Gallagher, Louis Kuehn, Nikolay Akimov, and John C. Stennis. After him are Putte Kock, George Vernot, Chester Morris, Rudy Vallée, George Tobias, and Nikolai Khmelyov. Among people deceased in 1986, Edmund Rubbra ranks 282. Before him are Ella Baker, Smita Patil, Eduardo Risso, James Gentle, Kate Smith, and Emil Jónsson. After him are Paul Stewart, Harry Voigt, Edwin Graves, Howard Da Silva, Rudy Vallée, and Robert Helpmann.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edmund Rubbra ranks 5,205 out of 8,785. Before him are Brian Jacques (1939), Harry Mallin (1892), Duffy (1984), Joan Greenwood (1921), Thomas Allen (1944), and Julian Bailey (1961). After him are Tony Robinson (1946), Denis Healey (1917), Prideaux John Selby (1788), Trevor Ford (1923), Ted Morgan (1906), and Montagu Love (1877).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Edmund Rubbra ranks 91. Before him are Anne Dudley (1956), George Butterworth (1885), George Alexander Macfarren (1813), Lennox Berkeley (1903), John Stainer (1840), and Humphrey Searle (1915). After him are Stephen Warbeck (1953), Ray Noble (1903), Oliver Knussen (1952), Alan Bush (1900), William Alwyn (1905), and Elisabeth Lutyens (1906).

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