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Joseph Lamb

1887 - 1960

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Joseph Francis Lamb (December 6, 1887 – September 3, 1960) was an American composer of ragtime music. Lamb, of Irish descent, was the only non-African American of the "Big Three" composers of classical ragtime, the other two being Scott Joplin and James Scott. The ragtime of Joseph Lamb ranges from standard popular fare to complex and highly engaging. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Lamb has received more than 49,329 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Joseph Lamb is the 1,247th most popular composer (down from 1,125th in 2019), the 8,975th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,454th in 2019) and the 99th most popular American Composer.

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  • 49k

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  • 42.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Joseph Lamb ranks 1,247 out of 1,216Before him are Vincent Youmans, Vicente Amigo, John Wilbye, Earl Scruggs, Peter Warlock, and R. D. Burman. After him are Howard Hanson, Masaaki Suzuki, Vincent Persichetti, Hamilton Harty, George Bruns, and Näcip Cihanov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Joseph Lamb ranks 238Before him are Fartein Valen, Sigurd Jørgensen, George Abbott, Arne Halse, Väinö Siikaniemi, and Kate Gillou. After him are Karl Taylor Compton, Victor d'Arcy, William Frawley, Lynn Fontanne, Nils Granfelt, and Gustaf Rosenquist. Among people deceased in 1960, Joseph Lamb ranks 193Before him are Lawrence Tibbett, José Serrato, August Gailit, Aneurin Bevan, Christopher Hornsrud, and Anni Holdmann. After him are Dimitrana Ivanova, Charles Delporte, Edward Brophy, Roscoe Lockwood, Thalia Flora-Karavia, and I. I. Chundrigar.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph Lamb ranks 8,975 out of 18,182Before him are John F. Kelly (1950), Mary Kay Place (1947), Carly Fiorina (1954), John Torrey (1796), Dan Lauria (1947), and Jerome Biffle (1928). After him are Orlando Jones (1968), John Adair (1757), Marston Morse (1892), Greta Gerwig (1983), Russell Simpson (1880), and Luther Adler (1903).

Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Joseph Lamb ranks 99Before him are Lowell Mason (1792), Christopher Young (1958), David Raksin (1912), Mark Mancina (1957), Vincent Youmans (1898), and Earl Scruggs (1924). After him are Howard Hanson (1896), Vincent Persichetti (1915), George Bruns (1914), Jerry Bock (1928), Shirley Walker (1945), and Lou Harrison (1917).