COMPOSER

John Tavener

1944 - 2013

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Sir John Kenneth Tavener (28 January 1944 – 12 November 2013) was an English composer, known for his extensive output of choral religious works. Among his best known works are The Lamb (1982), The Protecting Veil (1988), and Song for Athene (1993). Tavener first came to prominence with his cantata The Whale, premiered in 1968. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Tavener has received more than 587,970 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). John Tavener is the 979th most popular composer (down from 914th in 2019), the 2,670th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,515th in 2019) and the 34th most popular British Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 590k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, John Tavener ranks 979 out of 1,451. Before him are Ludwig Thuille, Girolamo Diruta, Nicola Piovani, Friedrich Silcher, Michael William Balfe, and Ignaz Holzbauer. After him are Alessandro Rolla, Federico Moreno Torroba, Friedrich Gernsheim, Lars-Erik Larsson, Jean Mouton, and Egon Wellesz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, John Tavener ranks 373. Before him are Marvin Hamlisch, Kay Ivey, Robert Barro, Swoosie Kurtz, Ene Ergma, and William Sanderson. After him are Alain Souchon, Polycarp Pengo, Harvey Postlethwaite, Pleun Strik, Aman Tuleyev, and Tony Atkinson. Among people deceased in 2013, John Tavener ranks 238. Before him are Hans Hass, Daniel Duval, Natalya Gorbanevskaya, Zdeněk Zikán, Hiroshi Nakajima, and Gerda Lerner. After him are Cayetano Ré, Robert N. Bellah, Iain Banks, José Faria, Ladislav Pavlovič, and Walter De Maria.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Tavener ranks 2,670 out of 8,785. Before him are Rupert Brooke (1887), Alexander Dalrymple (1737), Jonny Lee Miller (1972), David Heyman (1961), Thomas Wyatt the Younger (1521), and Frederick W. Lanchester (1868). After him are Stephen Daldry (1960), William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1396), Centwine of Wessex (643), Terence Fisher (1904), Gorden Kaye (1941), and John Wilkes (1725).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, John Tavener ranks 34. Before him are Arnold Bax (1883), Frank Bridge (1879), John Taverner (1490), Stanley Myers (1930), Charles Burney (1726), and Harry Gregson-Williams (1961). After him are Matthew Locke (1621), John Rutter (1945), Hamilton Harty (1879), Rebecca Clarke (1886), Brian Ferneyhough (1943), and Richard Addinsell (1904).

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