COMPOSER

Humphrey Searle

1915 - 1982

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Humphrey Searle (26 August 1915 – 12 May 1982) was an English composer and writer on music. His music combines aspects of late Romanticism and modernist serialism, particularly reminiscent of his primary influences, Franz Liszt, Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern, who was briefly his teacher. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Humphrey Searle has received more than 78,834 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Humphrey Searle is the 1,357th most popular composer (down from 1,267th in 2019), the 5,136th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,851st in 2019) and the 90th most popular British Composer.

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  • 79k

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  • 42.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Humphrey Searle ranks 1,357 out of 1,451. Before him are Roy Harris, Klaus Egge, George Alexander Macfarren, Jerry Herman, Lennox Berkeley, and John Stainer. After him are Samuel Adler, Magnus Lindberg, Shirley Walker, Edmund Rubbra, Stephen Schwartz, and Abel Korzeniowski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Humphrey Searle ranks 267. Before him are Junior Durkin, William Hopper, Magda Gabor, Ran Laurie, Ernest Lehman, and Lona Andre. After him are Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Jaroslav Volak, Antonio Giolitti, Elizabeth Catlett, Claudia Testoni, and Ralph Bishop. Among people deceased in 1982, Humphrey Searle ranks 283. Before him are Vivien Merchant, Bernard Malivoire, Otto von Porat, Henri Dulieux, Wiesław Maniak, and Alfons Dorfner. After him are Alexander Hurd, Lester Bangs, Rab Butler, Eric Brandon, Claudio Barrientos, and Chaudhry Muhammad Ali.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Humphrey Searle ranks 5,136 out of 8,785. Before him are Vic Elford (1935), Roger Taylor (1960), Nellie Sengupta (1886), Michael Robinson (1958), David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905), and John Speed (1551). After him are Sophia Di Martino (1983), Richard A. Proctor (1837), Sonya Walger (1974), Philip Massinger (1583), Frederick E. Morgan (1894), and Paul Scott (1920).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Humphrey Searle ranks 90. Before him are David Rose (1910), Anne Dudley (1956), George Butterworth (1885), George Alexander Macfarren (1813), Lennox Berkeley (1903), and John Stainer (1840). After him are Edmund Rubbra (1901), Stephen Warbeck (1953), Ray Noble (1903), Oliver Knussen (1952), Alan Bush (1900), and William Alwyn (1905).

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