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Ferde Grofé

1892 - 1972

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Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofé (March 27, 1892 – April 3, 1972), known as Ferde Grofé () was an American composer, arranger, pianist, and instrumentalist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferde Grofé has received more than 285,861 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ferde Grofé is the 1,251st most popular composer (down from 1,111th in 2019), the 8,111th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,226th in 2019) and the 87th most popular American Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 290k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Ferde Grofé ranks 1,251 out of 1,451. Before him are Junkie XL, Leonel Power, Sergei Slonimsky, Camille Erlanger, Alfrēds Kalniņš, and Dimitri Arakishvili. After him are Maurice Greene, Paul Creston, Artur Lemba, Ludomir Różycki, Anthony van Hoboken, and Rhys Chatham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Ferde Grofé ranks 247. Before him are Manilal Gandhi, Anders Larsson, Mariano Arrate, Johnny Dodds, Adolf van der Voort van Zijp, and Peggy Wood. After him are Seiichiro Kashio, Ōten Shimokawa, Slim Summerville, Jacob Viner, Zośka Vieras, and Liesl Karlstadt. Among people deceased in 1972, Ferde Grofé ranks 204. Before him are Robert Andersson, Tevfik Rüştü Aras, Charles Mayer, Hana Mašková, George Campbell, and Andreas Cervin. After him are Sidney Franklin, Brandon deWilde, Jan Diddens, Henry Dreyfuss, Andrea Andreen, and François Devries.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ferde Grofé ranks 8,111 out of 20,380. Before him are Martin Cruz Smith (1942), Elisabeth Moore (1876), Ty Hardin (1930), Carla Laemmle (1909), The Fabulous Moolah (1923), and James P. Johnson (1894). After him are Laurel Clark (1961), Mary Brian (1906), Theodore Van Kirk (1921), Wilbur Ross (1937), Donald Gibb (1954), and Mike Patton (1968).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Ferde Grofé ranks 87. Before him are Alan Hovhaness (1911), George Bruns (1914), Glenn Branca (1948), Elliot Goldenthal (1954), Milton Babbitt (1916), and David Diamond (1915). After him are Paul Creston (1906), Rhys Chatham (1952), David Raksin (1912), Virgil Thomson (1896), Paul Williams (1940), and Vincent Youmans (1898).

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