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Henry Lawes

1595 - 1662

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Henry Lawes (1596 – 1662) was the leading English songwriter of the mid-17th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Lawes has received more than 60,899 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Lawes is the 1,327th most popular composer (down from 1,193rd in 2019), the 4,836th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,924th in 2019) and the 80th most popular British Composer.

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  • 61k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Henry Lawes ranks 1,327 out of 1,451. Before him are Udo Zimmermann, Hauschka, Christian Wolff, Erkki-Sven Tüür, Vicente Amigo, and Horatio Parker. After him are Tibor Serly, Vincent Persichetti, Christopher Young, Detto Mariano, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and John Debney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1595, Henry Lawes ranks 20. Before him are Henri de Montmorency, 4th Duke of Montmorency, Guru Hargobind, Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Jean Desmarets, Joachim Ernest, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön, and Heo Mok.  Among people deceased in 1662, Henry Lawes ranks 15. Before him are Johann Crüger, Alfonso IV d'Este, Duke of Modena, Honoré II, Prince of Monaco, Adriaen van de Venne, François le Métel de Boisrobert, and Massasoit.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Lawes ranks 4,836 out of 8,785. Before him are William T. Stearn (1911), Hubert Gough (1870), Geoffrey Hughes (1944), Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1886), Lynne Frederick (1954), and Neil Innes (1944). After him are Alex Garland (1970), Rupert Holmes (1947), Lucy Hawking (1969), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (1983), Joe Spence (1898), and Basil Dearden (1911).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Henry Lawes ranks 80. Before him are David Arnold (1962), Jocelyn Pook (1960), Peter Warlock (1894), John Wilbye (1574), Thomas Campion (1567), and Thomas Adès (1971). After him are Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875), John Stanley (1712), Dave Stewart (1950), David Rose (1910), Anne Dudley (1956), and George Butterworth (1885).

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