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John Dunstaple

1390 - 1453

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John Dunstaple (or Dunstable; c. 1390 – 24 December 1453) was an English composer whose music helped inaugurate the transition from the medieval to the Renaissance periods. The central proponent of the Contenance angloise style (lit. 'English manner'), Dunstaple was the leading English composer of his time, and is often coupled with William Byrd and Henry Purcell as England's most important early music composers. His style would have an immense influence on the subsequent music of continental Europe, inspiring composers such as Du Fay, Binchois, Ockeghem and Busnois.Information on Dunstaple's life is largely non-existent or speculative, with the only certain date of his activity being his death on Christmas Eve of 1453. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Dunstaple has received more than 240,315 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). John Dunstaple is the 327th most popular composer (down from 316th in 2019), the 989th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 967th in 2019) and the 11th most popular British Composer.

John Dunstaple is most famous for his keyboard pieces.

Memorability Metrics

  • 240k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year John Dunstaple has had the most page views in the with 29,634 views, followed by French (3,647), and Spanish (3,623). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Belarusian (308.60%), Occitan (129.24%), and Catalan (116.57%)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, John Dunstaple ranks 327 out of 1,451. Before him are Saverio Mercadante, Pierre De Geyter, Charles Ives, Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Johann Adam Reincken, and Ignaz Pleyel. After him are Gustav Leonhardt, Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Gustave Charpentier, Julius Fučík, Heinrich Isaac, and Ferdinando Carulli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1390, John Dunstaple ranks 4. Before him are Rogier van der Weyden, La Hire, and João Gonçalves Zarco. After him are Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg, Elizabeth of Görlitz, John Cantius, Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Al-Musta'in, Álvaro de Luna, 1st Duke of Trujillo, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, and Bengt Jönsson. Among people deceased in 1453, John Dunstaple ranks 4. Before him are Constantine XI Palaiologos, Giovanni Giustiniani, and Çandarlı Halil Pasha the Younger. After him are Loukas Notaras, Sophia of Lithuania, John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine, Orban, Sidi Boushaki, Álvaro de Luna, 1st Duke of Trujillo, and Jacob, Margrave of Baden-Baden.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Dunstaple ranks 989 out of 8,785. Before him are Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (1594), Joan Robinson (1903), Peter Benenson (1921), John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford (1389), Marty Feldman (1934), and Roger Daltrey (1944). After him are Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk (1517), Mary Somerville (1780), Mark Strong (1963), Damon Hill (1960), Naomi Campbell (1970), and Richard Hamilton (1922).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, John Dunstaple ranks 11. Before him are Gustav Holst (1874), William Byrd (1543), Keith Emerson (1944), Eugen d'Albert (1864), Thomas Tallis (1502), and Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948). After him are Michael Nyman (1944), Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872), Ethel Smyth (1858), Frederick Delius (1862), William Walton (1902), and John Blow (1649).

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