COMPOSER

Egon Wellesz

1885 - 1974

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Egon Joseph Wellesz, CBE, FBA (21 October 1885 – 9 November 1974) was an Austrian, later British composer, teacher and musicologist, notable particularly in the field of Byzantine music. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Egon Wellesz has received more than 89,593 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Egon Wellesz is the 985th most popular composer (down from 977th in 2019), the 722nd most popular biography from Austria (down from 686th in 2019) and the 55th most popular Austrian Composer.

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  • 50.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Egon Wellesz ranks 985 out of 1,451. Before him are John Tavener, Alessandro Rolla, Federico Moreno Torroba, Friedrich Gernsheim, Lars-Erik Larsson, and Jean Mouton. After him are Ivan Galamian, Matthew Locke, Marcos Portugal, John Rutter, Franco Donatoni, and Bruno Coulais.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Egon Wellesz ranks 150. Before him are Pierre Montet, Sigrid Hjertén, Alice Paul, Allan Dwan, Albert Betz, and Blas Infante. After him are Zhou Zuoren, Sophia Parnok, Louise Bryant, Nadezhda Udaltsova, Richmond K. Turner, and Paul Leni. Among people deceased in 1974, Egon Wellesz ranks 138. Before him are Adolph Gottlieb, Holger Meins, Berdi Kerbabayev, Margit Slachta, Peter Revson, and Georgette Heyer. After him are Axel Cadier, Hertta Kuusinen, Carl Spaatz, Karl Sesta, José Miró Cardona, and Cora Sandel.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Egon Wellesz ranks 722 out of 1,424. Before him are Eva May (1902), Theodor Wagner (1927), Ignaz Holzbauer (1711), Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller (1683), Friederike Mayröcker (1924), and Alfred Berger (1894). After him are František Svoboda (1906), Archduke Friedrich of Austria (1821), Erwin Komenda (1904), Harald Reinl (1908), Friedrich Welwitsch (1806), and Elisabeth von Gutmann (1875).

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Among COMPOSERS In Austria

Among composers born in Austria, Egon Wellesz ranks 55. Before him are Ernst Toch (1887), Leopold Hofmann (1738), Joseph Hellmesberger Sr. (1828), Joseph Marx (1882), Johann von Herbeck (1831), and Ignaz Holzbauer (1711). After him are Richard Heuberger (1850), Siegmund von Hausegger (1872), Ignaz Schuppanzigh (1776), Johann Nepomuk David (1895), Ernest Gold (1921), and Hans Gál (1890).

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