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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 57,401 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Lawes is the 1,195th most popular composer, the 3,932nd most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 66th most popular British Composer.

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  • 57k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Henry Lawes ranks 1,195 out of 1,216. Before him are Wenzel Müller, Brad Fiedel, Maurice Greene, Horatio Parker, Samuel Arnold, and Karl-Birger Blomdahl. After him are Valeri Brainin, Leigh Harline, Christian Wolff, Sergei Slonimsky, Sigmund Romberg, and Spike Jones.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1595, Henry Lawes ranks 18. Before him are Guru Hargobind, Albert Girard, Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Pieter de Molijn, Jean Desmarets, and Heo Mok.  Among people deceased in 1662, Henry Lawes ranks 15. Before him are Honoré II, Prince of Monaco, Johann Crüger, William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Adriaen van de Venne, Massasoit, and François le Métel de Boisrobert.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Lawes ranks 3,932 out of 7,765. Before him are Jonathan Stroud (1970), John Ogdon (1937), Virginia McKenna (1931), Frank Lampard (1948), Dennis Brain (1921), and Richard Rodney Bennett (1936). After him are Sam Brown (1964), Isaac Roberts (1829), Alan Ayckbourn (1939), Philip Hammond (1955), Lloyd Hildebrand (1870), and James Hogg (1770).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Henry Lawes ranks 66. Before him are Harrison Birtwistle (1934), John Ireland (1879), Adolph Deutsch (1897), Thomas Tomkins (1572), Maurice Greene (1696), and Samuel Arnold (1740). After him are Thomas Campion (1567), Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892), Nicholas Hooper (1952), Granville Bantock (1868), George Alexander Macfarren (1813), and Thomas Weelkes (1576).

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