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Fred Frith

1949 - Today

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Jeremy Webster "Fred" Frith (born 17 February 1949) is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser. Probably best known for his guitar work, Frith first came to attention as a founding member of the English avant-rock group Henry Cow. He was also a member of the groups Art Bears, Massacre, and Skeleton Crew. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fred Frith has received more than 402,722 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Fred Frith is the 1,215th most popular composer (down from 1,165th in 2019), the 3,868th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,682nd in 2019) and the 58th most popular British Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Fred Frith ranks 1,215 out of 1,451. Before him are Antón García Abril, Leonard Slatkin, Joonas Kokkonen, Hiroyuki Sawano, William Bolcom, and Peter Schickele. After him are Sanja Ilić, Havergal Brian, Alan Hovhaness, Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi, Alphons Czibulka, and Arthur Bliss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Fred Frith ranks 488. Before him are Farida Jalal, Nasser Hejazi, Noli de Castro, Loretta Devine, Debra Monk, and Mitsunori Fujiguchi. After him are Wendy O. Williams, Venkaiah Naidu, Michael Bleekemolen, Karel Loprais, Marek Jędraszewski, and Lyubov Polishchuk.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Fred Frith ranks 3,868 out of 8,785. Before him are John Arthur Jarvis (1872), Paul Radmilovic (1886), Leslie Johnson (1912), David Richards (1952), Tom Walkinshaw (1946), and Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea (1810). After him are Ronnie Rooke (1911), Jimmy Hogan (1882), Muriel Robb (1878), Stanley Holloway (1890), Jonathan Glazer (1965), and Peter Doig (1959).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Fred Frith ranks 58. Before him are Adolph Deutsch (1897), Cyril Scott (1879), Harrison Birtwistle (1934), Craig Armstrong (1959), Granville Bantock (1868), and Ivor Novello (1893). After him are Havergal Brian (1876), Arthur Bliss (1891), Nicholas Hooper (1952), Gerald Finzi (1901), Thomas Linley the younger (1756), and Rachel Portman (1960).

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