COMPOSER

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 51,677 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Fartein Valen is the 1,267th most popular composer (down from 1,226th in 2019), the 396th most popular biography from Norway (down from 385th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Norwegian Composer.

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  • 52k

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  • 45.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Fartein Valen ranks 1,267 out of 1,451. Before him are Mariano Mores, David Raksin, Samuel Arnold, Junichi Masuda, Virgil Thomson, and John Ireland. After him are Thomas Weelkes, Paul Le Flem, Paul Williams, Lukas Foss, Victor Herbert, and Geirr Tveitt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Fartein Valen ranks 246. Before him are Al Ernest Garcia, Anthony van Hoboken, Jerónimo Méndez, Oscar Kreuzer, María Teresa Ferrari, and Clive Brook. After him are Juan Manuel Gálvez, Umberto Zanolini, William Henry Dean, Sigurd Jørgensen, Emil Magnusson, and L. S. Lowry. Among people deceased in 1952, Fartein Valen ranks 158. Before him are Jack Conway, Concepción Aleixandre, Francis Pegahmagabow, Enrique Jardiel Poncela, Frances Benjamin Johnston, and Susan Peters. After him are Giovanni Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano, Jack Parsons, August Alle, Helge Liljebjörn, Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola, and François Gagnepain.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Fartein Valen ranks 396 out of 1,039. Before him are Frank Hansen (1945), Torgeir Brandtzæg (1941), Åsne Seierstad (1970), Wenche Foss (1917), Alexia Bryn (1889), and Tore Berger (1944). After him are Per Ivar Moe (1944), Tarjei Bø (1988), Jan Johansen (1944), Øivind Holmsen (1912), Sigurd Jørgensen (1887), and Jan Egil Storholt (1949).

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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), Arne Nordheim (1931), Thomas Bergersen (1980), Ola Gjeilo (1978), and Marcus Paus (1979).

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