COMPOSER

George Enescu

1881 - 1955

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George Enescu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈdʒe̯ordʒe eˈnesku] ; 19 August [O.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Enescu has received more than 703,571 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). George Enescu is the 142nd most popular composer (up from 150th in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from Romania and the 3rd most popular Romanian Composer.

Enescu is most famous for his violin sonatas.

Memorability Metrics

  • 700k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, George Enescu ranks 142 out of 1,451. Before him are Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Pérotin, Anton Rubinstein, Marin Marais, Tomás Luis de Victoria, and Édouard Lalo. After him are Jacob Obrecht, Paul Dukas, Kurt Weill, Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, John Barry, and Darius Milhaud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, George Enescu ranks 32. Before him are Hans Fischer, Georg von Küchler, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Irving Langmuir, Hermann Staudinger, and Maximilian von Weichs. After him are Władysław Sikorski, François Darlan, Walter Rudolf Hess, Erwin von Witzleben, Ivan Ribar, and Natalia Goncharova. Among people deceased in 1955, George Enescu ranks 19. Before him are Arthur Honegger, Maurice Utrillo, Helmuth Weidling, Charlie Parker, James B. Sumner, and Paul Claudel. After him are Calouste Gulbenkian, Pak Hon-yong, Carmen Miranda, Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria, Hermann Weyl, and Oswald Avery.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, George Enescu ranks 35 out of 844. Before him are Nadia Comăneci (1961), Gheorghe Hagi (1965), Elie Wiesel (1928), Michael the Brave (1558), Jacob L. Moreno (1889), and Álmos (820). After him are Sergiu Celibidache (1912), Gheorghe Zamfir (1941), Dimitrie Cantemir (1673), Iannis Xenakis (1922), Mihai Eminescu (1850), and Milan I of Serbia (1854).

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Among COMPOSERS In Romania

Among composers born in Romania, George Enescu ranks 3. Before him are Béla Bartók (1881), and György Ligeti (1923). After him are Iannis Xenakis (1922), Ion Ivanovici (1845), György Kurtág (1926), Vladimir Cosma (1940), Bálint Bakfark (1507), Péter Eötvös (1944), Sándor Veress (1907), and Sándor Végh (1912).

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