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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Dunstaple has received more than 242,445 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). John Dunstaple is the 316th most popular composer (down from 231st in 2019), the 968th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 728th in 2019) and the 12th most popular British Composer.

John Dunstaple is most famous for his keyboard pieces.

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  • 240k

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  • 59.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, John Dunstaple ranks 316 out of 1,216. Before him are Leonardo Leo, Keith Emerson, Hugo Alfvén, Pietro Della Valle, Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy, and Eugen d'Albert. After him are Cécile Chaminade, Sigismond Thalberg, Angelo Badalamenti, Franco Alfano, Jacobus Gallus, and Franz Benda.

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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 Elizabeth of Görlitz, Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg, Contessina de' Bardi, John Cantius, Álvaro de Luna, 1st Duke of Trujillo, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, and Petr Chelčický. 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 Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine, John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, Orban, Sophia of Lithuania, Álvaro de Luna, 1st Duke of Trujillo, and Dmitry Shemyaka.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Dunstaple ranks 968 out of 7,765. Before him are Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1869), Eugen d'Albert (1864), Robbie Williams (1974), John Pople (1925), Edward Kelley (1555), and Harold Lowe (1882). After him are Slash (1965), Ian Curtis (1956), Herbert C. Brown (1912), James Anderson (1680), Denholm Elliott (1922), and Flinders Petrie (1853).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, John Dunstaple ranks 12. Before him are William Byrd (1543), Thomas Tallis (1502), Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948), Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872), Keith Emerson (1944), and Eugen d'Albert (1864). After him are Michael Nyman (1944), William Walton (1902), Neville Marriner (1924), Frederick Delius (1862), Albert Ketèlbey (1875), and Thomas Arne (1710).

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