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Jerome Kern

1885 - 1945

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Jerome David Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945) was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in over 100 stage works, including such classics as "Ol' Man River", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "A Fine Romance", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", "The Song Is You", "All the Things You Are", "The Way You Look Tonight" and "Long Ago (and Far Away)". He collaborated with many of the leading librettists and lyricists of his era, including George Grossmith Jr., Guy Bolton, P. G. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jerome Kern has received more than 1,228,295 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Jerome Kern is the 741st most popular composer (up from 829th in 2019), the 3,549th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,010th in 2019) and the 39th most popular American Composer.

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  • 53.51

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  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Jerome Kern ranks 741 out of 1,451. Before him are Hans Rott, Charles Tournemire, Petrus de Cruce, Goffredo Petrassi, Luigi Denza, and Cesare Pugni. After him are Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, Christian Cannabich, Claude Balbastre, Benjamin Godard, Franz Krommer, and Augusta Holmès.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Jerome Kern ranks 113. Before him are Sophie, Princess of Albania, Anton Flettner, Dezső Kosztolányi, Karl Genzken, Jan Czochralski, and Aleksandras Stulginskis. After him are Henri Laurens, Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, François de La Rocque, Rolf Carls, Friedrich Kirchner, and John Curtin. Among people deceased in 1945, Jerome Kern ranks 197. Before him are Maria Skobtsova, Gerhard Gentzen, Leo Borchard, Jüri Uluots, Antal Szerb, and Johannes Popitz. After him are Rash Behari Bose, Adolf Bertram, Carl Moll, Emily Carr, Karl Decker, and Henri Maspero.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jerome Kern ranks 3,549 out of 20,380. Before him are Paul Gleason (1939), Lou Henry Hoover (1874), Jim Brown (1936), Barbara Hendricks (1948), Rosemary Clooney (1928), and René Auberjonois (1940). After him are Marshall Bell (1942), Warren Weaver (1894), Jerry Garcia (1942), Joe Spinell (1936), Dolley Madison (1768), and Kamehameha V (1830).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Jerome Kern ranks 39. Before him are Morton Feldman (1926), Stephen Foster (1826), Alfred Newman (1900), Sun Ra (1914), Alex North (1910), and Amy Beach (1867). After him are Dave Grusin (1934), La Monte Young (1935), Lee Konitz (1927), Thomas Newman (1955), George Crumb (1929), and Edward MacDowell (1860).

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