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Havergal Brian

1876 - 1972

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William Havergal Brian (29 January 1876 – 28 November 1972) was a prominent 20th-century English composer, librettist, and church organist.He is best known for having composed 32 symphonies, an unusually high number amongst his contemporaries, 25 of them after the age of 70. His best-known work is his Symphony No. 1, The Gothic, which calls for some of the largest orchestral forces demanded by a conventionally structured concert work. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Havergal Brian has received more than 157,752 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Havergal Brian is the 1,154th most popular composer (down from 1,046th in 2019), the 3,615th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,311th in 2019) and the 55th most popular British Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Havergal Brian ranks 1,154 out of 1,216Before him are Manolis Kalomiris, Tadeusz Baird, Alan Hovhaness, Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson, Hans Gál, and Paul Williams. After him are Vladimir Shainsky, Emil Paur, Boris Tishchenko, Rudolf Friml, Alphons Czibulka, and Leonard Slatkin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Havergal Brian ranks 153Before him are Violet Gibson, G. M. Trevelyan, Thomas Madsen-Mygdal, Alexandre Tuffère, Ellsworth Huntington, and Alexandros Papanastasiou. After him are Carl Enckell, Nellie Tayloe Ross, Virginia Bolten, Mariam Thresia Chiramel, Georg Hilmar, and H. B. Warner. Among people deceased in 1972, Havergal Brian ranks 181Before him are Alexander Bek, Olavi Virta, Werner Klingler, Alexander Vampilov, Reginald Owen, and David Hall. After him are Rudolf Friml, Martim Mércio da Silveira, Carlos Cillóniz, Rainer von Fieandt, John Grierson, and Pandurang Vaman Kane.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Havergal Brian ranks 3,615 out of 7,765Before him are Geoff Nicholls (1948), Mary Ure (1933), Mary F. Lyon (1925), Ewen Bremner (1972), John Gardner (1926), and Thomas Bell (1792). After him are Fay Weldon (1931), Jamie Campbell Bower (1988), Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (1845), Callum Keith Rennie (1960), Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (1757), and John Gerard (1545).

Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Havergal Brian ranks 55Before him are Brian Ferneyhough (1943), Gavin Bryars (1943), Thomas Linley the younger (1756), William Sterndale Bennett (1816), Arthur Bliss (1891), and Thomas Morley (1557). After him are Craig Armstrong (1959), David Arnold (1962), Gerald Finzi (1901), Fred Frith (1949), Harrison Birtwistle (1934), and John Ireland (1879).