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Geirr Tveitt

1908 - 1981

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Geirr Tveitt (born Nils Tveit; 19 October 1908 – 1 February 1981) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Geirr Tveitt has received more than 66,365 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Geirr Tveitt is the 1,273rd most popular composer (down from 1,229th in 2019), the 406th most popular biography from Norway (down from 400th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Norwegian Composer.

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  • 66k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Geirr Tveitt ranks 1,273 out of 1,451. Before him are Fartein Valen, Thomas Weelkes, Paul Le Flem, Paul Williams, Lukas Foss, and Victor Herbert. After him are Yasuharu Takanashi, Toshio Hosokawa, Lepo Sumera, Boris Tishchenko, Federico Chueca, and Gavin Bryars.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Geirr Tveitt ranks 343. Before him are Sergey Urusevsky, Vladimír Syrovátka, Jean Claessens, John Doeg, Sylvio Hoffmann, and Boris Piotrovsky. After him are Hélène Boucher, Franz Pfnür, Eberardo Villalobos, Rudolf Gramlich, Ivan Brown, and Dee Brown. Among people deceased in 1981, Geirr Tveitt ranks 223. Before him are Hermann Pilnik, Antero Kivi, Antonio Suárez, Stefanie Clausen, Nikolay Timofeev-Ressovsky, and Harvey Fletcher. After him are Ann Harding, Dan Coe, Bronisław Malinowski, Oumarou Ganda, Giuseppe Tosi, and Ella Hall.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Geirr Tveitt ranks 406 out of 1,039. Before him are Øivind Holmsen (1912), Sigurd Jørgensen (1887), Jan Egil Storholt (1949), Ian Haugland (1964), Petter Hugsted (1921), and Peter Ascanius (1723). After him are Ole Lilloe-Olsen (1883), Isak Saba (1875), Hallvard Vebjørnsson (1020), Georg Selenius (1884), Erling Evensen (1914), and Morten Müller (1828).

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Among COMPOSERS In Norway

Among composers born in Norway, Geirr Tveitt ranks 10. Before him are Christian Sinding (1856), Rikard Nordraak (1842), Harald Sæverud (1897), Knut Nystedt (1915), Halfdan Kjerulf (1815), and Fartein Valen (1887). After him are Klaus Egge (1906), Arne Nordheim (1931), Thomas Bergersen (1980), Ola Gjeilo (1978), and Marcus Paus (1979).

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