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Eugène Ysaÿe

1858 - 1931

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Eugène-Auguste Ysaÿe (French: [øʒɛn iza.i]; 16 July 1858 – 12 May 1931) was a Belgian virtuoso violinist, composer, and conductor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eugène Ysaÿe has received more than 480,121 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Eugène Ysaÿe is the 201st most popular composer (up from 205th in 2019), the 107th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 105th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Belgian Composer.

Eugène Ysaÿe is most famous for his compositions for violin and piano, including the "Violin Sonata in D minor" and the "Sonata for Violin and Cello."

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  • 63.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Eugène Ysaÿe ranks 201 out of 1,451. Before him are Umberto Giordano, François-Joseph Gossec, Philippe de Vitry, Johann Joachim Quantz, Ludwig Minkus, and Niels Gade. After him are André Grétry, Alexander von Zemlinsky, Michael Praetorius, Gilles Binchois, Alessandro Marcello, and Steve Reich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Eugène Ysaÿe ranks 24. Before him are Franz Boas, Marie Bashkirtseff, Kang Youwei, Maria Christina of Austria, Mihajlo Pupin, and Ludwig Quidde. After him are Eleonora Duse, Keke Geladze, Jagadish Chandra Bose, Princess Louise of Belgium, Giovanni Segantini, and Michael Hainisch. Among people deceased in 1931, Eugène Ysaÿe ranks 23. Before him are Bhagat Singh, Hermann Müller, Armand Fallières, Peter Kürten, Nathan Söderblom, and Akseli Gallen-Kallela. After him are Isabella, Princess of Asturias, Carin Göring, Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta, Martinus Beijerinck, Kitasato Shibasaburō, and Wilhelm von Gloeden.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Eugène Ysaÿe ranks 107 out of 1,190. Before him are Justus Lipsius (1547), Philippe de Champaigne (1602), Gerard de Ridefort (1141), Félicien Rops (1833), Pieter Claesz (1596), and Joseph Plateau (1801). After him are André Grétry (1741), Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon (1673), Gilles Binchois (1400), Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders (1837), Karel van Mander (1548), and Morris (1923).

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Among COMPOSERS In Belgium

Among composers born in Belgium, Eugène Ysaÿe ranks 7. Before him are Orlande de Lassus (1534), Guillaume Du Fay (1397), César Franck (1822), Johannes Ockeghem (1410), Jacob Obrecht (1457), and Adrian Willaert (1490). After him are André Grétry (1741), Gilles Binchois (1400), Henri Vieuxtemps (1820), Pierre De Geyter (1848), Heinrich Isaac (1450), and Cipriano de Rore (1515).

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