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John Ireland

1879 - 1962

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John Nicholson Ireland (13 August 1879 – 12 June 1962) was an English composer and teacher of music. The majority of his output consists of piano miniatures and of songs with piano. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Ireland has received more than 328,390 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 22 in 2019). John Ireland is the 1,172nd most popular composer (down from 1,040th in 2019), the 3,711th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,276th in 2019) and the 61st most popular British Composer.

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  • 330k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, John Ireland ranks 1,172 out of 1,216. Before him are Gerald Finzi, Fred Frith, Harrison Birtwistle, Milton Babbitt, Leo Ornstein, and Knudåge Riisager. After him are Adolph Deutsch, Mark Snow, Francisco Asenjo Barbieri, Vladimir Martynov, Miina Härma, and Zakir Hussain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, John Ireland ranks 175. Before him are Alfred Swahn, Ernst Schultz, Ethel Thomson Larcombe, Johan Falkberget, Richárd Weisz, and Kazimieras Būga. After him are Henri Tauzin, Ángel Cabrera, Lewis Stone, Clyde Cessna, Agnes Arber, and Birger Sörvik. Among people deceased in 1962, John Ireland ranks 150. Before him are Manolis Kalomiris, Iuliu Baratky, Otto Froitzheim, Sven Landberg, Purushottam Das Tandon, and Władysław Broniewski. After him are Philippe Cattiau, Zdeněk Nejedlý, Frederick Schule, Roger Ducret, Sao Shwe Thaik, and Jean Stern.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Ireland ranks 3,711 out of 7,765. Before him are Georges Passerieu (1885), Patricia Hayes (1909), Martin Shaw (1945), Sophie Okonedo (1968), John Grierson (1898), and Gordon Strachan (1957). After him are Henry Robertson Bowers (1883), Gary Barlow (1971), Euphemia de Ross (1333), Mary Garden (1874), Edward Pigott (1753), and Vivian Fuchs (1908).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, John Ireland ranks 61. Before him are Havergal Brian (1876), Craig Armstrong (1959), David Arnold (1962), Gerald Finzi (1901), Fred Frith (1949), and Harrison Birtwistle (1934). After him are Adolph Deutsch (1897), Thomas Tomkins (1572), Maurice Greene (1696), Samuel Arnold (1740), Henry Lawes (1595), and Thomas Campion (1567).

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