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Fartein Valen

1887 - 1952

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Olav Fartein Valen (25 August 1887 – 14 December 1952) was a Norwegian composer, notable for his work in atonal polyphonic music. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fartein Valen has received more than 48,886 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Fartein Valen is the 1,228th most popular composer (down from 965th in 2019), the 386th most popular biography from Norway (down from 263rd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Norwegian Composer.

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  • 49k

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  • 43.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Fartein Valen ranks 1,228 out of 1,216. Before him are John Debney, Junichi Masuda, Morten Lauridsen, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Ernest Gold, and Virgil Thomson. After him are Pascal Dusapin, Walter Susskind, Geirr Tveitt, Lowell Mason, Shivkumar Sharma, and Alexandre Levy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Fartein Valen ranks 232. Before him are Benjamin Glazer, Martín Luis Guzmán, Carlos Dávila, Jorge de Paiva, Armen Ohanian, and Harold Lockwood. After him are Sigurd Jørgensen, George Abbott, Arne Halse, Väinö Siikaniemi, Kate Gillou, and Joseph Lamb. Among people deceased in 1952, Fartein Valen ranks 146. Before him are Enrique Jardiel Poncela, Juan Bautista Pérez, Billy Hughes, Giovanni Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano, Katherine Sophie Dreier, and Ronald Rawson. After him are Frank Kugler, Susan Peters, Philip G. Epstein, Gertrude Lawrence, Delfina Bunge, and Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Fartein Valen ranks 386 out of 927. Before him are Bernt Evensen (1905), Alexia Bryn (1889), Sigurd Moen (1897), Kristian Henriksen (1911), Tarjei Bø (1988), and Trine Hattestad (1966). After him are Rune Bratseth (1961), Carl Gustav Fleischer (1883), Tom Sandberg (1955), Aslaug Dahl (1949), Sigurd Jørgensen (1887), and Ingvar Ambjørnsen (1956).

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Among COMPOSERS In Norway

Among composers born in Norway, Fartein Valen ranks 9. Before him are Johan Svendsen (1840), Christian Sinding (1856), Rikard Nordraak (1842), Harald Sæverud (1897), Knut Nystedt (1915), and Halfdan Kjerulf (1815). After him are Geirr Tveitt (1908), Klaus Egge (1906), Thomas Bergersen (1980), Ola Gjeilo (1978), and Marcus Paus (1979).

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