COMPOSER

Ferdinand David

1810 - 1873

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Ferdinand Ernst Victor Carl David (German: [ˈdaːvɪt]; 19 June 1810 – 18 July 1873) was a German virtuoso violinist and composer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferdinand David has received more than 7,586 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Ferdinand David is the 676th most popular composer (up from 728th in 2019), the 2,682nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,772nd in 2019) and the 106th most popular German Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.6k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ferdinand Davids by language

Over the past year Ferdinand David has had the most page views in the with 5,269 views, followed by Japanese (3,506), and Russian (2,556). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Estonian (63.82%), Danish (37.24%), and Czech (28.68%)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Ferdinand David ranks 676 out of 1,451. Before him are Alex North, Otakar Ševčík, Johann Joseph Abert, Sergei Lyapunov, Louise Farrenc, and Elfrida Andrée. After him are Franchinus Gaffurius, Edmond Audran, Joseph Szigeti, Leó Weiner, Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, and Shunsuke Kikuchi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Ferdinand David ranks 41. Before him are Juan Bautista Alberdi, Karel Hynek Mácha, Christen Købke, Oliver Winchester, Louise Colet, and Margaret Fuller. After him are Pierre Edmond Boissier, Stanko Vraz, Alexandre Calame, Alexandre Herculano, Wilhelm, Duke of Urach, and Norbert Burgmüller. Among people deceased in 1873, Ferdinand David ranks 33. Before him are Jean Chacornac, Friedrich Wieck, Wilhelm Marstrand, Charles II, Duke of Brunswick, Prince August, Duke of Dalarna, and Adam Sedgwick. After him are Prince Adolf zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, Giovanni Battista Donati, Louis Le Chatelier, Bénédict Morel, Francis Garnier, and Hermann Hankel.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ferdinand David ranks 2,682 out of 7,253. Before him are Pam Ferris (1948), Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg (1664), George Dzundza (1945), Valerius Cordus (1515), Friedrich Merz (1955), and Artur Fischer (1919). After him are Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1794), Johann Peter Frank (1745), Louis II, Landgrave of Thuringia (1128), Fritz Müller (1822), Hans Delbrück (1848), and Bernhard Förster (1843).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Ferdinand David ranks 106. Before him are Adolf von Henselt (1814), Max Richter (1966), Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905), Herms Niel (1888), Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877), and Johann Friedrich Agricola (1720). After him are Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg (1718), Andreas Werckmeister (1645), Johann Andreas Stein (1728), Conradin Kreutzer (1780), Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow (1663), and Franz Lachner (1803).

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