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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 359,656 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Gerald Finzi is the 1,166th most popular composer (down from 1,058th in 2019), the 3,682nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,371st in 2019) and the 58th most popular British Composer.

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  • 360k

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  • 45.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Gerald Finzi ranks 1,166 out of 1,216Before him are Leonard Slatkin, Craig Armstrong, Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, Alberto Nepomuceno, David Arnold, and William Schuman. After him are Fred Frith, Harrison Birtwistle, Milton Babbitt, Leo Ornstein, Knudåge Riisager, and John Ireland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Gerald Finzi ranks 243Before him are Louis Clarke, Malcolm MacDonald, Mildred Davis, Frankie Genaro, Arthur Samuel, and Heðin Brú. After him are Pyotr Novikov, László Németh, Mark Oliphant, Aleksandr Andronov, František Halas, and Modesto Denis. Among people deceased in 1956, Gerald Finzi ranks 154Before him are Violet Gibson, Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein, Robert Julius Trumpler, Marie Juchacz, E. T. Whittaker, and Alex Raymond. After him are Pelageya Shajn, Henry Nicholas Ridley, Theodor Pallady, Werner Haas, Augustin Chantrel, and Frank Brangwyn.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gerald Finzi ranks 3,682 out of 7,765Before him are Imogen Heap (1977), Ranulph Fiennes (1944), Dudley Pound (1877), Kunal Nayyar (1981), Acker Bilk (1929), and Jonny Greenwood (1971). After him are George Crabbe (1754), Ethel Thomson Larcombe (1879), M.I.A. (1975), Peter Lorimer (1946), Chad of Mercia (634), and Daniel Oliver (1830).

Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Gerald Finzi ranks 58Before him are William Sterndale Bennett (1816), Arthur Bliss (1891), Thomas Morley (1557), Havergal Brian (1876), Craig Armstrong (1959), and David Arnold (1962). After him are Fred Frith (1949), Harrison Birtwistle (1934), John Ireland (1879), Adolph Deutsch (1897), Thomas Tomkins (1572), and Maurice Greene (1696).