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John Taverner

1490 - 1545

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John Taverner (c. 1490 – 18 October 1545) was an English composer and organist, regarded as one of the most important English composers of his era. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Taverner has received more than 204,968 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). John Taverner is the 824th most popular composer (down from 754th in 2019), the 2,291st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,084th in 2019) and the 30th most popular British Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, John Taverner ranks 824 out of 1,451. Before him are Nikolay Diletsky, Nannette Streicher, Heino Eller, Robert Cambert, Adalbert Gyrowetz, and Alexander Mosolov. After him are Käbi Laretei, Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Vincent Lübeck, Alfred Bruneau, Selim Palmgren, and Simeon ten Holt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1490, John Taverner ranks 22. Before him are Properzia de' Rossi, Galvarino, Nikola Jurišić, Mohammed al-Shaykh, Caspar Schwenckfeld, and Claudin de Sermisy. After him are Luca Ghini, Adriaen Isenbrandt, and Juan Boscán Almogáver. Among people deceased in 1545, John Taverner ranks 15. Before him are Peter Faber, Francis I, Duke of Lorraine, Charles II de Valois, Duke of Orléans, Louis X, Duke of Bavaria, Nikola Jurišić, and Pietro Lando.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Taverner ranks 2,291 out of 8,785. Before him are Douglas Mawson (1882), Gregor MacGregor (1786), Peter J. Ratcliffe (1954), John Haigh (1909), Noel Redding (1945), and Richard Johnson (1927). After him are William Hudson (1730), Tony Brooks (1932), John Terry (1980), Sylvester McCoy (1943), Edward Daniel Clarke (1769), and Jimmy Somerville (1961).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, John Taverner ranks 30. Before him are Orlando Gibbons (1583), William Boyce (1711), John Bull (1562), Arthur Sullivan (1842), Arnold Bax (1883), and Frank Bridge (1879). After him are Stanley Myers (1930), Charles Burney (1726), Harry Gregson-Williams (1961), John Tavener (1944), Matthew Locke (1621), and John Rutter (1945).

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