COMPOSER

Gottfried von Einem

1918 - 1996

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Gottfried von Einem (24 January 1918 – 12 July 1996) was an Austrian composer. He is known chiefly for his operas influenced by the music of Stravinsky and Prokofiev, as well as by jazz. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gottfried von Einem has received more than 69,886 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Gottfried von Einem is the 997th most popular composer (up from 1,010th in 2019), the 398th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 380th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Swiss Composer.

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  • 70k

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  • 57.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Gottfried von Einem ranks 997 out of 1,451. Before him are Bruno Coulais, Michael Giacchino, Renzo Rossellini, Giovanni Maria Nanino, Tigran Chukhajian, and Franco Faccio. After him are Johann Theile, Artur Kapp, Leevi Madetoja, André Gedalge, Carlos Guastavino, and August Wilhelm Ambros.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Gottfried von Einem ranks 171. Before him are Pyotr Masherov, Venetia Burney, Helen Stephens, Meir Vilner, Ted Post, and Hank Jones. After him are Max Merkel, Antonio Janigro, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Kumar Pallana, Jeff Chandler, and Giovanni Canestri. Among people deceased in 1996, Gottfried von Einem ranks 173. Before him are Gyula Kállai, Aliki Vougiouklaki, Dorothy Lamour, Akram al-Hawrani, Joanne Dru, and Laurens van der Post. After him are George Burns, Kenneth Bainbridge, Rob Hall, George Kojac, Veronica Guerin, and Eno Raud.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Gottfried von Einem ranks 398 out of 1,015. Before him are Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, Prince of Venice (1972), Henry, Duke of Parma (1873), Robert Pinget (1919), Thomas Bickel (1963), Fleur Jaeggy (1940), and Robert Ballaman (1926). After him are Murat Yakin (1974), Jacques-Louis Soret (1827), Peter Bichsel (1935), Pirmin Zurbriggen (1963), Fernán Caballero (1796), and Elisabeth Kopp (1936).

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Among COMPOSERS In Switzerland

Among composers born in Switzerland, Gottfried von Einem ranks 15. Before him are Heinz Holliger (1939), Heinrich Sutermeister (1910), Ludwig Senfl (1486), Louis Niedermeyer (1802), Klaus Huber (1924), and Othmar Schoeck (1886). After him are Hans Huber (1852).

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