COMPOSER

Gunther Schuller

1925 - 2015

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Gunther Alexander Schuller (November 22, 1925 – June 21, 2015) was an American composer, conductor, horn player, author, historian, educator, publisher, and jazz musician. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gunther Schuller has received more than 235,911 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Gunther Schuller is the 1,152nd most popular composer (down from 1,119th in 2019), the 6,638th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,380th in 2019) and the 66th most popular American Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 240k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Gunther Schullers by language

Over the past year Gunther Schuller has had the most page views in the with 24,625 views, followed by German (3,302), and Spanish (2,084). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (86.39%), Esperanto (86.36%), and Danish (68.31%)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Gunther Schuller ranks 1,152 out of 1,451. Before him are Betsy Jolas, Ernest Gold, Manolis Kalomiris, Cristóbal Halffter, Frank Churchill, and Jānis Ivanovs. After him are José Vianna da Motta, Zakir Hussain, Vladimir Shainsky, Leigh Harline, Robert Planquette, and Thomas Morley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Gunther Schuller ranks 343. Before him are James Mellaart, Medgar Evers, Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas, Wolfgang Unzicker, Klara Luchko, and Antonio Puchades. After him are Dany Dauberson, Vladimir Shainsky, John List, András Toma, Tankred Dorst, and Anne-Marie Colchen. Among people deceased in 2015, Gunther Schuller ranks 308. Before him are Mary Ellen Trainor, Lia van Leer, Ellen Albertini Dow, Mario Cuomo, Keith Michell, and Elio Toaff. After him are Bengt Berndtsson, Dora Doll, Yvonne Craig, Galina Prozumenshchikova, Dick Van Patten, and Amparo Baró.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gunther Schuller ranks 6,638 out of 20,380. Before him are Alan Helffrich (1900), Arthur Barnard (1929), Jaroslav Pelikan (1923), Merrick Garland (1952), Tiffani Thiessen (1974), and Haley Lu Richardson (1995). After him are David Weber (1952), Sean Patrick Flanery (1965), Harriet Jacobs (1813), Marc Okrand (1948), Barbara Hammer (1939), and Dennis Russell Davies (1944).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Gunther Schuller ranks 66. Before him are Raymond Scott (1908), W. C. Handy (1873), Harry Partch (1901), Morton Gould (1913), Roger Sessions (1896), and Frank Churchill (1901). After him are Leigh Harline (1907), Paul Whiteman (1890), Jonathan Larson (1960), John Corigliano (1938), Conlon Nancarrow (1912), and William Schuman (1910).

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