COMPOSER

John Stainer

1840 - 1901

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Sir John Stainer (6 June 1840 – 31 March 1901) was an English composer and organist whose music, though seldom performed today (with the exception of The Crucifixion, still heard at Passiontide in some Anglican churches), was very popular during his lifetime. His work as choir trainer and organist set standards for Anglican church music that are still influential. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Stainer has received more than 150,531 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). John Stainer is the 1,356th most popular composer (down from 1,275th in 2019), the 5,127th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,944th in 2019) and the 89th most popular British Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, John Stainer ranks 1,356 out of 1,451. Before him are George Butterworth, Roy Harris, Klaus Egge, George Alexander Macfarren, Jerry Herman, and Lennox Berkeley. After him are Humphrey Searle, Samuel Adler, Magnus Lindberg, Shirley Walker, Edmund Rubbra, and Stephen Schwartz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1840, John Stainer ranks 96. Before him are American Horse, Richard Knill Freeman, Sophia Jex-Blake, Adolf Bernhard Meyer, Isabella Stewart Gardner, and John Addington Symonds.  Among people deceased in 1901, John Stainer ranks 95. Before him are Henri Helle, Auguste Serrurier, Victor Thibault, Lorenzo Snow, Albrecht Weber, and John Owen. After him are Shah Jahan Begum of Bhopal, Walter Besant, and Hiram Rhodes Revels.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Stainer ranks 5,127 out of 8,785. Before him are David Douglas (1799), Lennox Berkeley (1903), Kenneth Connor (1918), Jule Styne (1905), Marina Diamandis (1985), and Joyce Cary (1888). After him are William Lyon Mackenzie (1795), Simon Shelton (1966), Vic Elford (1935), Roger Taylor (1960), Nellie Sengupta (1886), and Michael Robinson (1958).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, John Stainer ranks 89. Before him are Dave Stewart (1950), David Rose (1910), Anne Dudley (1956), George Butterworth (1885), George Alexander Macfarren (1813), and Lennox Berkeley (1903). After him are Humphrey Searle (1915), Edmund Rubbra (1901), Stephen Warbeck (1953), Ray Noble (1903), Oliver Knussen (1952), and Alan Bush (1900).

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