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Ernest Gold

1921 - 1999

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Ernst Sigmund Goldner (July 13, 1921 – March 17, 1999), known professionally as Ernest Gold, was an Austrian-born American composer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernest Gold has received more than 41,219 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Ernest Gold is the 1,147th most popular composer (up from 1,224th in 2019), the 856th most popular biography from Austria (up from 878th in 2019) and the 60th most popular Austrian Composer.

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  • 41k

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  • 48.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Ernest Gold ranks 1,147 out of 1,451Before him are Nicolas Slonimsky, Vasyl Barvinsky, Karol Kurpiński, Philippe Verdelot, Francesco Antonio Vallotti, and Betsy Jolas. After him are Manolis Kalomiris, Cristóbal Halffter, Frank Churchill, Jānis Ivanovs, Gunther Schuller, and José Vianna da Motta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Ernest Gold ranks 301Before him are Heinrich Schmid, Sotiria Bellou, Joseph Iléo, Ruth Orkin, Steve Allen, and Karen Hoff. After him are Dominique Mbonyumutwa, Liz Smith, Bernard Lown, Roger Bocquet, Ilse Werner, and Abdelmalek Benhabyles. Among people deceased in 1999, Ernest Gold ranks 196Before him are Peter Seeberg, Shel Silverstein, Vivian Fuchs, John Berry, Rory Calhoun, and Yury Malyshev. After him are Kirk Alyn, Abraham Polonsky, Lester Bowie, Fritzi Burger, Tamás Mendelényi, and Alain Peyrefitte.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Ernest Gold ranks 856 out of 1,424Before him are Joe May (1880), Willi Forst (1903), Richard Wettstein (1863), Sybil Danning (1952), Ruth Maier (1920), and Erich Eliskases (1913). After him are Erwin Wurm (1954), Walter Nausch (1907), Julius Wess (1934), Walter Zeman (1927), Leonie Rysanek (1926), and Karl Stotz (1927).

Among COMPOSERS In Austria

Among composers born in Austria, Ernest Gold ranks 60Before him are Ignaz Holzbauer (1711), Egon Wellesz (1885), Richard Heuberger (1850), Siegmund von Hausegger (1872), Ignaz Schuppanzigh (1776), and Johann Nepomuk David (1895). After him are Hans Gál (1890), Harald Kloser (1956), Georg Friedrich Haas (1953), and Olga Neuwirth (1968).