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Joseph Kosma

1905 - 1969

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Joseph Kosma (22 October 1905 – 7 August 1969) was a Hungarian composer who emigrated to France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Kosma has received more than 214,473 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Joseph Kosma is the 433rd most popular composer (down from 373rd in 2019), the 183rd most popular biography from Hungary (down from 152nd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Hungarian Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Joseph Kosma ranks 433 out of 1,451. Before him are Ernest Ansermet, Raimonds Pauls, Johannes Tinctoris, Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia, Hans Werner Henze, and Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari. After him are Louis Durey, Heinrich Marschner, Federico Mompou, Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, Bruno Maderna, and Karl Goldmark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Joseph Kosma ranks 79. Before him are Federica Montseny, Takeo Fukuda, André Jolivet, Chen Yun, Attila József, and Paul Nizan. After him are Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria, Yen Chia-kan, James J. Braddock, Karl Rappan, Edgar Snow, and Eugen Fink. Among people deceased in 1969, Joseph Kosma ranks 59. Before him are Eberhard von Mackensen, Markian Popov, Radivoj Korać, Artur da Costa e Silva, Ernest Ansermet, and Jiří Trnka. After him are Ramón Grau, Lucien Bianchi, Leo McCarey, Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg, Wilhelm Backhaus, and Frederic Bartlett.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Joseph Kosma ranks 183 out of 1,077. Before him are Attila József (1905), Princess Maria Antonia Koháry (1797), Geraldine of Albania (1915), Taksony of Hungary (931), Ludwig von Benedek (1804), and Ferenc Deák (1922). After him are Adolph Zukor (1873), Péter Nádas (1942), István Sándorfi (1948), István Dobi (1898), Karl Goldmark (1830), and Ferenc Gyurcsány (1961).

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Among COMPOSERS In Hungary

Among composers born in Hungary, Joseph Kosma ranks 8. Before him are Zoltán Kodály (1882), Emmerich Kálmán (1882), Miklós Rózsa (1907), Hans Richter (1843), Ferenc Erkel (1810), and Princess Maria Antonia Koháry (1797). After him are Karl Goldmark (1830), Dora Pejačević (1885), Hans Swarowsky (1899), Joseph Szigeti (1892), Leó Weiner (1885), and Ferenc Farkas (1905).

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