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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 72,944 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Humphrey Searle is the 1,269th most popular composer, the 4,863rd most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 81st most popular British Composer.

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  • 73k

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  • 41.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Humphrey Searle ranks 1,269 out of 1,216Before him are Klaus Egge, Raymond Scott, Lennox Berkeley, George Fenton, Steve Jablonsky, and Fred Ebb. After him are Thomas Adès, Edmund Rubbra, Brian Tyler, Joel Goldsmith, Enoch Sontonga, and George Whitefield Chadwick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Humphrey Searle ranks 248Before him are Helmut Niedermayr, Junior Durkin, Dorothy Poynton-Hill, Ralph Bishop, Beyers Naudé, and Ewan MacColl. After him are Franz Bartl, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, John Woodruff, Magda Gabor, Siegfried Purner, and Lona Andre. Among people deceased in 1982, Humphrey Searle ranks 249Before him are Vivien Merchant, Wiesław Maniak, Salomon Bochner, Gopal Swarup Pathak, Kenneth Rexroth, and Henri Dulieux. After him are Philip Hall, Virginia Fox, William Cameron Townsend, Rab Butler, Lester Bangs, and Francisco Gamborena.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Humphrey Searle ranks 4,863 out of 7,765Before him are Adela Pankhurst (1885), Basil Heatley (1933), James Larkin (1876), Ronald Stretton (1930), Joe Cornish (1968), and Stanley Sadie (1930). After him are Alex Miller (1949), George MacDonald Fraser (1925), Paul Oakenfold (1963), Thomas Adès (1971), Steve O'Rourke (1940), and Colin Morgan (1986).

Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Humphrey Searle ranks 81Before him are Jocelyn Pook (1960), John Wilbye (1574), Peter Warlock (1894), Hamilton Harty (1879), Lennox Berkeley (1903), and George Fenton (1950). After him are Thomas Adès (1971), Edmund Rubbra (1901), John Stainer (1840), Dave Stewart (1950), Ray Noble (1903), and Anne Dudley (1956).