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Edwin Fischer

1886 - 1960

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Edwin Fischer (6 October 1886 – 24 January 1960) was a Swiss classical pianist and conductor. He is regarded as one of the great interpreters of J.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edwin Fischer has received more than 119,078 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Edwin Fischer is the 475th most popular musician (down from 443rd in 2019), the 209th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 181st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swiss Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Edwin Fischers by language

Over the past year Edwin Fischer has had the most page views in the with 11,440 views, followed by German (4,599), and Japanese (4,011). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Chinese (1,237.50%), Korean (246.67%), and Indonesian (48.77%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Edwin Fischer ranks 475 out of 3,175. Before him are James Ingram, Tatiana Nikolayeva, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Matthias Jabs, Anne-Sophie Mutter, and Mikkey Dee. After him are Ivry Gitlis, Trevor Horn, Matt Cameron, Henri Herz, Archie Shepp, and Peter Cetera.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Edwin Fischer ranks 86. Before him are Prince Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma, Prince John Konstantinovich of Russia, Hitoshi Imamura, Yevgeni Preobrazhensky, Manuel Ponce, and Sholem Schwarzbard. After him are Hiroshi Ōshima, Shūmei Ōkawa, Olaf Stapledon, Edward Weston, Florence Lawrence, and Frank Nitti. Among people deceased in 1960, Edwin Fischer ranks 63. Before him are St John Philby, Hans Wilsdorf, Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan, A. L. Kroeber, José Antonio Aguirre, and Bruno Loerzer. After him are Georges Claude, Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Princess Xenia of Montenegro, Leonard Woolley, Wander Johannes de Haas, and Józef Haller.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Edwin Fischer ranks 209 out of 1,015. Before him are Ivan Rakitić (1988), Guy Parmelin (1959), Carlo Fontana (1638), Ruth Dreifuss (1940), Ubol Ratana (1951), and Andy Hug (1964). After him are Charles Dutoit (1936), Jean Starobinski (1920), Wiborada (900), Nicolas Théodore de Saussure (1767), Alain Berset (1972), and Meyer Guggenheim (1828).

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Among MUSICIANS In Switzerland

Among musicians born in Switzerland, Edwin Fischer ranks 3. Before him are Alfred Cortot (1877), and DJ BoBo (1968). After him are Robert Miles (1969), Aurèle Nicolet (1926), Patrick Moraz (1948), George Gruntz (1932), Urs Bühler (1971), Emmanuel Pahud (1970), DJ Antoine (1975), Daniel Löble (1973), and Thomas Gabriel Fischer (1963).

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