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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 190,988 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). John Taverner is the 755th most popular composer (down from 748th in 2019), the 2,089th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,113th in 2019) and the 27th most popular British Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, John Taverner ranks 755 out of 1,216Before him are Giuseppe Martucci, Gabriel Yared, Pierre Attaingnant, Louise Farrenc, Edmond Audran, and Matvey Blanter. After him are Johann Friedrich Agricola, Kaija Saariaho, Albéric Magnard, Karol Lipiński, Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, and Péter Eötvös.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1490, John Taverner ranks 19Before him are Françoise d'Alençon, John III, Duke of Cleves, Properzia de' Rossi, Nikola Jurišić, Mohammed al-Shaykh, and Galvarino. After him are Caspar Schwenckfeld, Claudin de Sermisy, and Luca Ghini. Among people deceased in 1545, John Taverner ranks 15Before him are Francis I, Duke of Lorraine, Peter Faber, Charles II de Valois, Duke of Orléans, Louis X, Duke of Bavaria, Pietro Lando, and Nikola Jurišić.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Taverner ranks 2,089 out of 7,765Before him are John Wyndham (1903), William Kent (1685), Alexander Bain (1818), William Robert Grove (1811), Oldfield Thomas (1858), and Cynewulf of Wessex (750). After him are Francis Darwin (1848), Ian Dury (1942), Barbara West (1911), Kit Harington (1986), James Dyson (1947), and Mary Bell (1957).

Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, John Taverner ranks 27Before him are John Blow (1649), Orlando Gibbons (1583), Pasquale Anfossi (1727), William Boyce (1711), Malcolm Arnold (1921), and Arthur Sullivan (1842). After him are John Bull (1562), Frank Bridge (1879), Rebecca Clarke (1886), Charles Burney (1726), Stanley Myers (1930), and Arnold Bax (1883).