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Glenn Branca

1948 - 2018

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Glenn Branca (October 6, 1948 – May 13, 2018) was an American avant-garde composer, guitarist, and luthier. Known for his use of volume, alternative guitar tunings, repetition, droning, and the harmonic series, he was a driving force behind the genres of no wave, totalism and noise rock. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Glenn Branca has received more than 470,602 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Glenn Branca is the 1,226th most popular composer (down from 1,122nd in 2019), the 7,571st most popular biography from United States (down from 6,428th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular American Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 470k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Glenn Branca ranks 1,226 out of 1,451. Before him are Alphons Czibulka, Arthur Bliss, Andrei Eshpai, George Bruns, Alexandre Levy, and Nicholas Hooper. After him are Miina Härma, Elliot Goldenthal, Gavriil Popov, Milton Babbitt, Gerald Finzi, and Thomas Linley the younger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Glenn Branca ranks 497. Before him are Cornel Dinu, George Wendt, Peggy Fleming, Robert Tarjan, Errol Brown, and Charles Maung Bo. After him are Richard Riehle, Damir Šolman, Richard Masur, Ivan Král, Frank Lampard, and Baldwin Spencer. Among people deceased in 2018, Glenn Branca ranks 351. Before him are José Antonio Zaldúa, Dariush Shayegan, Ray Wilkins, Mohammed Hazzaz, Leo Falcam, and Daša Drndić. After him are Jóhann Jóhannsson, Viktor Kanevskyi, Philippe Gondet, E. C. George Sudarshan, Doina Cornea, and Nikolai Volkoff.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Glenn Branca ranks 7,571 out of 20,380. Before him are Edmund Szoka (1927), Jello Biafra (1958), Bill Miller (1912), Robert Trivers (1943), Margaret Dumont (1882), and Superstar Billy Graham (1943). After him are Jack Colvin (1934), George Irving (1874), Jennifer Hudson (1981), Leo Buscaglia (1924), Barbara Feldon (1933), and Chris Elliott (1960).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Glenn Branca ranks 83. Before him are Mark Snow (1946), Leonard Slatkin (1944), William Bolcom (1938), Peter Schickele (1935), Alan Hovhaness (1911), and George Bruns (1914). After him are Elliot Goldenthal (1954), Milton Babbitt (1916), David Diamond (1915), Ferde Grofé (1892), Paul Creston (1906), and Rhys Chatham (1952).

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