MUSICIAN

Jānis Cimze

1814 - 1881

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Jānis Cimze (3 July/21 June 1814 — 22 October/10 October 1881) was a Latvian pedagogue, collector and harmoniser of folk songs, organist, founder of Latvian choral music and initiator of professional Latvian music. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jānis Cimze has received more than 28,547 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Jānis Cimze is the 1,671st most popular musician, the 171st most popular biography from Latvia and the 8th most popular Latvian Musician.

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  • 17

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  • 3.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Jānis Cimze ranks 1,671 out of 3,175. Before him are Alex Turner, Peter Hook, Christopher Franke, Jake E. Lee, Jim Gordon, and Steve Clark. After him are William Primrose, Mary Wilson, José Antonio Labordeta, John Michael Talbot, Vinnie Moore, and Nick Jonas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1814, Jānis Cimze ranks 68. Before him are Nicolaas Beets, Jacques-Joseph Ebelmen, Dimitrios Valvis, Juan Rafael Mora Porras, Samuel J. Tilden, and Ludwig Schläfli. After him are George-Étienne Cartier, José Posada Herrera, Charles Mackay, John C. Pemberton, Lorenzo Snow, and Zsigmond Kemény. Among people deceased in 1881, Jānis Cimze ranks 79. Before him are Salvador Jovellanos, George Borrow, Robert Mallet, Maurice Raynaud, Samuel Palmer, and Kolyu Ficheto. After him are Johann Ludwig Krapf, Josip Jurčič, James Collinson, John C. Pemberton, Isaac Israel Hayes, and William Burges.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Jānis Cimze ranks 171 out of 323. Before him are Alfrēds Kalniņš (1879), Andris Nelsons (1978), Laila Freivalds (1942), Juris Upatnieks (1936), Gunnar Birkerts (1925), and Atis Kronvalds (1837). After him are Jānis Endzelīns (1873), Indulis Emsis (1952), Regīna Ezera (1930), Alexei Kudrin (1960), Mirdza Ķempe (1907), and Valdis Muižnieks (1935).

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Among MUSICIANS In Latvia

Among musicians born in Latvia, Jānis Cimze ranks 8. Before him are Gidon Kremer (1947), Mischa Maisky (1948), Arvīds Jansons (1914), Vitas (1979), Lūcija Garūta (1902), and Imants Kalniņš (1941). After him are DJ Lethal (1972).

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