1926 - 2009
Howard Chandler Robbins Landon (March 6, 1926 – November 20, 2009) was an American musicologist, journalist, historian and broadcaster, best known for his work in rediscovering the huge body of neglected music by Haydn and in correcting misunderstandings about Mozart. The son of a musician, Landon became enthusiastic about Haydn's compositions in high school and was eager to pursue a career in Haydn scholarship. He studied with, among others, Karl Geiringer, an authority on Haydn, graduating with a music degree in 1947. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of H. C. Robbins Landon has received more than 77,647 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. H. C. Robbins Landon is the 1,219th most popular composer (down from 1,104th in 2019), the 8,063rd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,740th in 2019) and the 88th most popular American Composer.
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Among composers, H. C. Robbins Landon ranks 1,219 out of 1,216. Before him are Marco Beltrami, Detto Mariano, Mariano Mores, Tibor Serly, Thomas Weelkes, and John Kander. After him are Rachel Portman, Harry Warren, John Debney, Junichi Masuda, Morten Lauridsen, and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
1966 - Present
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 1,213
1937 - 2020
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 1,214
1918 - 2016
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 1,215
1901 - 1978
HPI: 44.34
Rank: 1,216
1576 - 1623
HPI: 44.30
Rank: 1,217
1927 - Present
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 1,218
1926 - 2009
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 1,219
1960 - Present
HPI: 44.08
Rank: 1,220
1893 - 1981
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 1,221
1956 - Present
HPI: 44.00
Rank: 1,222
1968 - Present
HPI: 43.85
Rank: 1,223
1943 - Present
HPI: 43.73
Rank: 1,224
1875 - 1912
HPI: 43.65
Rank: 1,225
Among people born in 1926, H. C. Robbins Landon ranks 370. Before him are Moshe Sanbar, Adriano Directo Emperado, Richard DeVos, Verne Gagne, Aldo Ray, and Joe Slovo. After him are Uttam Kumar, Tim LaHaye, Wolfgang Seidel, George Ariyoshi, Andrea Kékesy, and Paul Lynde. Among people deceased in 2009, H. C. Robbins Landon ranks 276. Before him are Peter Arundell, Shōichi Nakagawa, Hugh Hopper, Daniel Jarque, Adriano Directo Emperado, and George Russell. After him are Tony Maggs, Ricardo Londoño, Godfrey Rampling, Frank Vandenbroucke, Vladimir Fedotov, and Ernst Benda.
1926 - 2012
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 364
1926 - 2009
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 365
1926 - 2018
HPI: 44.30
Rank: 366
1926 - 2015
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 367
1926 - 1991
HPI: 44.27
Rank: 368
1926 - 1995
HPI: 44.26
Rank: 369
1926 - 2009
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 370
1926 - 1980
HPI: 44.22
Rank: 371
1926 - 2016
HPI: 44.22
Rank: 372
1926 - 1987
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 373
1926 - Present
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 374
1926 - Present
HPI: 44.12
Rank: 375
1926 - 1982
HPI: 44.12
Rank: 376
1933 - 2009
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 270
1953 - 2009
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 271
1945 - 2009
HPI: 44.45
Rank: 272
1983 - 2009
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 273
1926 - 2009
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 274
1923 - 2009
HPI: 44.34
Rank: 275
1926 - 2009
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 276
1937 - 2009
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 277
1949 - 2009
HPI: 44.10
Rank: 278
1909 - 2009
HPI: 43.93
Rank: 279
1974 - 2009
HPI: 43.83
Rank: 280
1943 - 2009
HPI: 43.82
Rank: 281
1925 - 2009
HPI: 43.76
Rank: 282
Among people born in United States, H. C. Robbins Landon ranks 8,063 out of 18,182. Before him are Sidney Blackmer (1895), Jaron Lanier (1960), Kevin Systrom (1983), Matt Biondi (1965), John Kander (1927), and Summer Glau (1981). After him are Anthony Denison (1949), Talia Balsam (1959), Lewis Teague (1938), Clinton Hart Merriam (1855), Alan Reed (1907), and Robert Christgau (1942).
1895 - 1973
HPI: 44.26
Rank: 8,057
1960 - Present
HPI: 44.26
Rank: 8,058
1983 - Present
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 8,059
1965 - Present
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 8,060
1927 - Present
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 8,061
1981 - Present
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 8,062
1926 - 2009
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 8,063
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 8,064
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 8,065
1938 - Present
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 8,066
1855 - 1942
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 8,067
1907 - 1977
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 8,068
1942 - Present
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 8,069
Among composers born in United States, H. C. Robbins Landon ranks 88. Before him are Horatio Parker (1863), Leigh Harline (1907), Spike Jones (1911), James Scott (1885), Marco Beltrami (1966), and John Kander (1927). After him are Harry Warren (1893), John Debney (1956), Morten Lauridsen (1943), Virgil Thomson (1896), Lowell Mason (1792), and Christopher Young (1958).
1863 - 1919
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 82
1907 - 1969
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 83
1911 - 1965
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 84
1885 - 1938
HPI: 44.58
Rank: 85
1966 - Present
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 86
1927 - Present
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 87
1926 - 2009
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 88
1893 - 1981
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 89
1956 - Present
HPI: 44.00
Rank: 90
1943 - Present
HPI: 43.73
Rank: 91
1896 - 1989
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 92
1792 - 1872
HPI: 43.37
Rank: 93
1958 - Present
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 94