MUSICIAN

Isaac Albéniz

1860 - 1909

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Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz y Pascual (Spanish pronunciation: [iˈsak alˈβeniθ]; 29 May 1860 – 18 May 1909) was a Spanish virtuoso pianist, composer, and conductor. He is one of the foremost composers of the Post-romantic era who also had a significant influence on his contemporaries and younger composers. He is best known for his piano works based on Spanish folk music idioms. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Isaac Albéniz has received more than 740,284 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Isaac Albéniz is the 49th most popular musician (up from 52nd in 2019), the 88th most popular biography from Spain (down from 85th in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Musician.

Isaac Albéniz was a Spanish composer and pianist. He is most famous for his piano compositions that often have a Spanish flavor.

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  • 740k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 55

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Isaac Albéniz ranks 49 out of 3,175. Before him are Ronnie James Dio, Syd Barrett, Miles Davis, Martha Argerich, Goran Bregović, and B.B. King. After him are Victor Borge, Pablo Casals, Bruce Springsteen, Jimmy Page, Amir Khusrow, and Roger Taylor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, Isaac Albéniz ranks 13. Before him are Eduard Buchner, Kanō Jigorō, Raymond Poincaré, Anders Zorn, Willem Einthoven, and William Jennings Bryan. After him are Herman Hollerith, James Ensor, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, Niels Ryberg Finsen, Princess Charlotte of Prussia, and J. M. Barrie. Among people deceased in 1909, Isaac Albéniz ranks 5. Before him are Leopold II of Belgium, Cesare Lombroso, Geronimo, and Itō Hirobumi. After him are Hermann Minkowski, Hermann Ebbinghaus, Francisco Tárrega, Peder Severin Krøyer, Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, and Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Isaac Albéniz ranks 88 out of 3,355. Before him are Alfonso VI of León and Castile (1040), Santiago Calatrava (1951), Vicente del Bosque (1950), Ramón Mercader (1913), Al-Zahrawi (936), and Magnus Maximus (335). After him are Pablo Casals (1876), Peter III of Aragon (1239), José Ortega y Gasset (1883), Avempace (1080), Ibn Tufail (1110), and Dolores Ibárruri (1895).

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Among MUSICIANS In Spain

Among musicians born in Spain, Isaac Albéniz ranks 1. After him are Pablo Casals (1876), Pablo de Sarasate (1844), Paco de Lucía (1947), Fernando Sor (1778), Andrés Segovia (1893), Narciso Yepes (1927), Alicia de Larrocha (1923), Joan Manuel Serrat (1943), Dionisio Aguado y García (1784), Ricardo Viñes (1875), and Enrique Fernández Arbós (1863).

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