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Hucbald

840 - 930

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Hucbald (c. 840 or 850 – 20 June 930; also Hucbaldus or Hubaldus) was a Benedictine monk active as a music theorist, poet, composer, teacher, and hagiographer. He was long associated with Saint-Amand Abbey, so is often known as Hucbald of St Amand. Deeply influenced by Boethius' De Institutione Musica, Hucbald's (De) Musica, formerly known as De harmonica institutione, aims to reconcile ancient Greek music theory and the contemporary practice of Gregorian chant with the use of many notated examples. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hucbald has received more than 67,816 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Hucbald is the 688th most popular composer (down from 624th in 2019), the 362nd most popular biography from Belgium and the 24th most popular Belgian Composer.

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  • 60.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Hucbald ranks 688 out of 1,451. Before him are Shunsuke Kikuchi, Giovanni Battista Vitali, Eduard Tubin, Krzysztof Komeda, Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, and Alexander Tcherepnin. After him are Andreas Werckmeister, Xavier Cugat, Johann Andreas Stein, Conradin Kreutzer, Johan Agrell, and Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 840, Hucbald ranks 10. Before him are Pope Theodore II, Richardis, Wilfred the Hairy, Notker the Stammerer, Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar, and Eudokia Ingerina. After him is Unruoch III of Friuli. Among people deceased in 930, Hucbald ranks 6. Before him are Rollo, Lestek, Emperor Daigo, Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam, and Ibn Wahshiyya. After him are Guy, Margrave of Tuscany, and Þjóðólfr of Hvinir.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Hucbald ranks 362 out of 1,190. Before him are George Washington (1871), Johnny Galecki (1975), Paul Anspach (1882), Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium (1956), Gaspar de Crayer (1584), and René Jacobs (1946). After him are Prince Laurent of Belgium (1963), Léon Scieur (1888), Edgar P. Jacobs (1904), Arnulf, Count of Holland (951), Lambert Lombard (1505), and Pierre Harmel (1911).

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Among COMPOSERS In Belgium

Among composers born in Belgium, Hucbald ranks 24. Before him are Jean Absil (1893), Charles Auguste de Bériot (1802), Guillaume Lekeu (1870), François-Joseph Fétis (1784), Johannes Ciconia (1370), and Philippe Herreweghe (1947). After him are Joseph Jongen (1873), Wim Mertens (1953), Philippe de Monte (1521), Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens (1823), Giaches de Wert (1535), and Peter Benoit (1834).

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