COMPOSER

George Butterworth

1885 - 1916

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George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, MC (12 July 1885 – 5 August 1916) was an English composer who was best known for the orchestral idyll The Banks of Green Willow and his song settings of A. E. Housman's poems from A Shropshire Lad. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Butterworth has received more than 298,740 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. George Butterworth is the 1,350th most popular composer, the 5,065th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 86th most popular British Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, George Butterworth ranks 1,350 out of 1,451. Before him are Eubie Blake, David Rose, Lowell Mason, Anne Dudley, Qigang Chen, and Robert Russell Bennett. After him are Roy Harris, Klaus Egge, George Alexander Macfarren, Jerry Herman, Lennox Berkeley, and John Stainer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, George Butterworth ranks 255. Before him are Niels Petersen, René Benjamin, Mór Kóczán, John Fenning, Harry Ricardo, and Bjørn Rasmussen. After him are Lionel Atwill, Florence Turner, Birger Sjöberg, Alain LeRoy Locke, Knut Torell, and Riccardo Nowak. Among people deceased in 1916, George Butterworth ranks 147. Before him are Hermann Martens, Béla Békessy, Jørgen Pedersen Gram, William Stanley Jr., Tom Clarke, and Lydia Zvereva. After him are Samu Fóti, Joseph Plunkett, Wilhelm Lützow, Charles Ericksen, Éamonn Ceannt, and Seán Mac Diarmada.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Butterworth ranks 5,065 out of 8,785. Before him are William Adam (1689), John Connelly (1938), John Garstang (1876), Thomas Brisbane (1773), Richard Tandy (1948), and Albert Oldman (1883). After him are Darren Shan (1972), Dannie Abse (1923), Sybil Thorndike (1882), Noni Madueke (2002), Danny Kirwan (1950), and Benjamin Wilson (1721).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, George Butterworth ranks 86. Before him are Henry Lawes (1595), Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875), John Stanley (1712), Dave Stewart (1950), David Rose (1910), and Anne Dudley (1956). After him are George Alexander Macfarren (1813), Lennox Berkeley (1903), John Stainer (1840), Humphrey Searle (1915), Edmund Rubbra (1901), and Stephen Warbeck (1953).

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