COMPOSER

Johan Halvorsen

1864 - 1935

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Johan Halvorsen (15 March 1864 – 4 December 1935) was a Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johan Halvorsen has received more than 230,236 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Johan Halvorsen is the 239th most popular composer (up from 268th in 2019), the 47th most popular biography from Norway (up from 55th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Norwegian Composer.

Johan Halvorsen is most famous for being the founder of the Norwegian Lutheran Church in America.

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  • 230k

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  • 62.10

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  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Johan Halvorsen ranks 239 out of 1,451Before him are William Byrd, Mykola Leontovych, Antonio Caldara, Stanisław Moniuszko, Benedetto Marcello, and Charles-Marie Widor. After him are Johann Adolph Hasse, Henryk Górecki, Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria, Albert Roussel, Alfred Schnittke, and Francesco Durante.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Johan Halvorsen ranks 28Before him are Alexej von Jawlensky, Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach, Branislav Nušić, Yun Chi-ho, Princess Zorka of Montenegro, and Nellie Bly. After him are Franz Oppenheimer, Charles Cooley, Paul Sérusier, Nicholas Marr, Li Yuanhong, and Andrej Hlinka. Among people deceased in 1935, Johan Halvorsen ranks 33Before him are Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, Ali of Hejaz, Josef Suk, Hugo Junkers, Oda Krohg, and Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche. After him are Panait Istrati, John Macleod, Aron Nimzowitsch, Anna Ancher, Paul Bourget, and Rashid Rida.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Johan Halvorsen ranks 47 out of 1,039Before him are Gustav Vigeland (1869), Haakon IV of Norway (1204), Trygve Haavelmo (1911), Sophus Lie (1842), Ivar Giaever (1929), and Oda Krohg (1860). After him are Haakon Sigurdsson (930), Olaf III of Norway (1050), Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner (1932), Sonja Henie (1912), Sverre of Norway (1145), and Haakon V of Norway (1270).

Among COMPOSERS In Norway

Among composers born in Norway, Johan Halvorsen ranks 2Before him are Edvard Grieg (1843). After him are Johan Svendsen (1840), Christian Sinding (1856), Rikard Nordraak (1842), Harald Sæverud (1897), Knut Nystedt (1915), Halfdan Kjerulf (1815), Fartein Valen (1887), Geirr Tveitt (1908), Klaus Egge (1906), and Arne Nordheim (1931).