COMPOSER

Hans Abrahamsen

1952 - Today

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Hans Abrahamsen (born 23 December 1952) is a Danish composer born in Kongens Lyngby near Copenhagen. His Let me tell you (2013), a song cycle for soprano and orchestra, was ranked by music critics at The Guardian as the finest work of the 21st-century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans Abrahamsen has received more than 136,311 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Abrahamsen is the 1,375th most popular composer (down from 1,286th in 2019), the 678th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 596th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Danish Composer.

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  • 140k

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  • 49.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Hans Abrahamsen ranks 1,375 out of 1,451. Before him are Lou Harrison, Thomas Bergersen, Fred Ebb, Norman Dello Joio, Stephen Warbeck, and Yuzo Koshiro. After him are Poul Ruders, Inon Zur, Cecilia Seghizzi, Christophe Beck, David Newman, and Jimmy McHugh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Hans Abrahamsen ranks 638. Before him are Javier Cárdenas, Ed Lee, António Lima Pereira, Arkadiusz Godel, Linda Woolverton, and Wendy Turnbull. After him are Laraine Newman, Anatoly Baidachny, Brigitte Ahrenholz, Louis Walsh, Māra Zālīte, and Ulrich Wehling.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Hans Abrahamsen ranks 678 out of 1,032. Before him are Kasper Dolberg (1997), Bent Christensen Arensøe (1967), Princess Isabella of Denmark (2007), Trentemøller (1972), Lars Michaelsen (1969), and Lars Christiansen (1972). After him are Poul Ruders (1949), Thomas Frank (1973), Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1854), Birgitte Hjort Sørensen (1982), Flemming Christensen (1958), and Prince Christian of Denmark (2005).

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Among COMPOSERS In Denmark

Among composers born in Denmark, Hans Abrahamsen ranks 11. Before him are Rued Langgaard (1893), Per Nørgård (1932), Emil Hartmann (1836), Vagn Holmboe (1909), Peter Arnold Heise (1830), and Jesper Kyd (1972). After him are Poul Ruders (1949), and Frederik Magle (1977).

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