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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 61,773 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Geirr Tveitt is the 1,231st most popular composer (down from 885th in 2019), the 401st most popular biography from Norway (down from 225th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Norwegian Composer.

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  • 62k

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.68

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  • 2.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Geirr Tveitt ranks 1,231 out of 1,216Before him are Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Ernest Gold, Virgil Thomson, Fartein Valen, Pascal Dusapin, and Walter Susskind. After him are Lowell Mason, Shivkumar Sharma, Alexandre Levy, Jocelyn Pook, Christopher Young, and Toshio Hosokawa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Geirr Tveitt ranks 325Before him are Albert Scherrer, Kaarlo Tuominen, Luis Pérez, Alberto Zozaya, Jacob Bronowski, and Marcel Pinel. After him are Maximos V Hakim, Paula Mollenhauer, František Douda, John Doeg, György Bródy, and Isaak Kikoin. Among people deceased in 1981, Geirr Tveitt ranks 215Before him are Jakob Bender, Oumarou Ganda, David Garnett, Alberto Zozaya, Boris Sagal, and Rudolf Viertl. After him are Sam Jones, Harvey Fletcher, Wanda Hendrix, Stefanie Clausen, Ella Hall, and Paolo Mazza.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Geirr Tveitt ranks 401 out of 927Before him are Ernst Larsen (1926), Berit Aunli (1956), Emil Stang (1834), Johannes Thingnes Bø (1993), Arne Bendiksen (1926), and Arne Halse (1887). After him are Georg Selenius (1884), Harald Strøm (1897), Erling Evensen (1914), Martin Ødegaard (1998), Hanne Krogh (1956), and Gunnar Knudsen (1848).

Among COMPOSERS In Norway

Among composers born in Norway, Geirr Tveitt ranks 10Before 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), Thomas Bergersen (1980), Ola Gjeilo (1978), and Marcus Paus (1979).