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Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji

1892 - 1988

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Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (born Leon Dudley Sorabji; 14 August 1892 – 15 October 1988) was an English composer, music critic, pianist and writer whose music, written over a period of seventy years, ranges from sets of miniatures to works lasting several hours. One of the most prolific 20th-century composers, he is best known for his piano pieces, notably nocturnes such as Gulistān and Villa Tasca, and large-scale, technically intricate compositions, which include seven symphonies for piano solo, four toccatas, Sequentia cyclica and 100 Transcendental Studies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji has received more than 402,128 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji is the 1,208th most popular composer (down from 971st in 2019), the 4,050th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,964th in 2019) and the 68th most popular British Composer.

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  • 400k

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji ranks 1,208 out of 1,216. Before him are Victor Herbert, Cláudio Santoro, Necil Kazım Akses, Thomas Campion, Leonel Power, and James Scott. After him are Nicholas Hooper, Granville Bantock, Dobri Hristov, George Alexander Macfarren, Marco Beltrami, and Detto Mariano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji ranks 228. Before him are Milena Rudnytska, Peggy Wood, Pinto Colvig, Rex Ingram, Manilal Gandhi, and Elmer Rice. After him are Guido Boni, Grigory Shajn, Maturino Blanchet, Ruth Chatterton, Hans Rademacher, and Adolf van der Voort van Zijp. Among people deceased in 1988, Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji ranks 185. Before him are Louis L'Amour, Guillermo Haro, Hilda Gobbi, John Loder, Max Black, and José María Peña. After him are Ray Barbuti, Roy Kinnear, Colin Higgins, Hermann Volk, Henry Johansen, and Bernard Leene.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji ranks 4,050 out of 7,765. Before him are Thomas Nuttall (1786), Billy McNeill (1940), Billy Hughes (1862), Hereward the Wake (1035), Jack Straw (1946), and Ian McElhinney (1948). After him are James D'Arcy (1975), Izaak Walton (1593), Celia Johnson (1908), Nicholas Hooper (1952), Granville Bantock (1868), and Charles Blagden (1748).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji ranks 68. Before him are Adolph Deutsch (1897), Thomas Tomkins (1572), Maurice Greene (1696), Samuel Arnold (1740), Henry Lawes (1595), and Thomas Campion (1567). After him are Nicholas Hooper (1952), Granville Bantock (1868), George Alexander Macfarren (1813), Thomas Weelkes (1576), Rachel Portman (1960), and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875).

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