COMPOSER

Gerald Finzi

1901 - 1956

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Gerald Raphael Finzi (14 July 1901 – 27 September 1956) was a British composer. Finzi is best known as a choral composer, but also wrote in other genres. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerald Finzi has received more than 393,222 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Gerald Finzi is the 1,231st most popular composer (down from 1,164th in 2019), the 3,968th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,674th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular British Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 390k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Gerald Finzi ranks 1,231 out of 1,451. Before him are Nicholas Hooper, Glenn Branca, Miina Härma, Elliot Goldenthal, Gavriil Popov, and Milton Babbitt. After him are Thomas Linley the younger, Frigyes Hidas, Leo Ornstein, Jan A. P. Kaczmarek, Enoch Sontonga, and Bronius Kutavičius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Gerald Finzi ranks 266. Before him are Mildred Dunnock, Paul Yü Pin, Thawan Thamrongnawasawat, Erich Rademacher, Spyridon Marinatos, and Ernesto Chaparro. After him are Heðin Brú, Samuel Zauber, Pyotr Novikov, Leopoldo Conti, Luis Brunetto, and Dorothy Hansine Andersen. Among people deceased in 1956, Gerald Finzi ranks 169. Before him are Artur Văitoianu, Johannes Gabriel Granö, E. A. Dupont, Billy Bishop, Tommy Johnson, and Nikolai Panin. After him are Pelageya Shajn, Augustin Chantrel, Manilal Gandhi, Marie Juchacz, Jacques Moeschal, and Pierre Allemane.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gerald Finzi ranks 3,968 out of 8,785. Before him are Meave Leakey (1942), Abdalqadir as-Sufi (1930), Isaac Roberts (1829), Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (1857), Horace Lamb (1849), and William Powell Frith (1819). After him are Maxim (1967), Richard J. Evans (1947), Boyd Alexander (1873), Louis Tomlinson (1991), David James (1970), and John Powell (1963).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Gerald Finzi ranks 62. Before him are Granville Bantock (1868), Ivor Novello (1893), Fred Frith (1949), Havergal Brian (1876), Arthur Bliss (1891), and Nicholas Hooper (1952). After him are Thomas Linley the younger (1756), Rachel Portman (1960), Maurice Greene (1696), Samuel Arnold (1740), John Ireland (1879), and Thomas Weelkes (1576).

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