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Hamilton Harty

1879 - 1941

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Sir Herbert Hamilton Harty (4 December 1879 – 19 February 1941) was an Irish composer, conductor, pianist and organist. After an early career as a church organist in his native Ireland, Harty moved to London at about age 20, soon becoming a well-known piano accompanist. The Musical Times called him "the prince of accompanists". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hamilton Harty has received more than 94,110 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Hamilton Harty is the 1,251st most popular composer (down from 1,120th in 2019), the 4,532nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,112th in 2019) and the 78th most popular British Composer.

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  • 94k

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  • 42.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Hamilton Harty ranks 1,251 out of 1,216Before him are Peter Warlock, R. D. Burman, Joseph Lamb, Howard Hanson, Masaaki Suzuki, and Vincent Persichetti. After him are George Bruns, Näcip Cihanov, Erkki-Sven Tüür, Mychael Danna, Jerry Bock, and Shirley Walker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Hamilton Harty ranks 215Before him are Frank Kugler, Herman Teirlinck, Henri Jobier, Eligio Ayala, Émile Champion, and Joseph Roffo. After him are Magnús Guðmundsson, Frank Odberg, Frank Greer, Robert Daniel Carmichael, Sid Grauman, and Joseph Lyons. Among people deceased in 1941, Hamilton Harty ranks 169Before him are Hugh Walpole, Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, Alexander Afinogenov, George Beauchamp, Lucien Mérignac, and Frederick Moloney. After him are Victor Schertzinger, Frank Waller, Kalle Jalkanen, Noël Liétaer, Diederik Korteweg, and Bob Crompton.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Hamilton Harty ranks 4,532 out of 7,765Before him are Tommy Steele (1936), Ed Stafford (1975), Iolo Morganwg (1747), Anna Popplewell (1988), Bryan Johnson (1926), and Kenneth Williams (1926). After him are Darren Fletcher (1984), Anya Chalotra (1996), Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge (1785), Dee Palmer (1937), Glenn Hoddle (1957), and Robert Peake the Elder (1551).

Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Hamilton Harty ranks 78Before him are Thomas Weelkes (1576), Rachel Portman (1960), Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875), Jocelyn Pook (1960), John Wilbye (1574), and Peter Warlock (1894). After him are Lennox Berkeley (1903), George Fenton (1950), Humphrey Searle (1915), Thomas Adès (1971), Edmund Rubbra (1901), and John Stainer (1840).