COMPOSER

Knut Nystedt

1915 - 2014

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Knut Nystedt (3 September 1915 – 8 December 2014) was a Norwegian orchestral and choral composer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Knut Nystedt has received more than 62,805 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Knut Nystedt is the 1,016th most popular composer (up from 1,046th in 2019), the 246th most popular biography from Norway (up from 252nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Norwegian Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 63k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Knut Nystedt ranks 1,016 out of 1,451. Before him are Percy Faith, Balys Dvarionas, Paul Taffanel, Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, Emil von Sauer, and Victor Massé. After him are Brian Ferneyhough, Julius Reubke, Nikolai Roslavets, Lorenzo Perosi, Andreas Hammerschmidt, and Yuri Shaporin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Knut Nystedt ranks 158. Before him are Herman Wouk, Günther Schwägermann, William Masters, Boris Paichadze, Joe Fry, and Wolfgang Schneiderhan. After him are Wee Kim Wee, Alykul Osmonov, Garrett Hardin, Hasse Ekman, Derek Prince, and Edmond Leburton. Among people deceased in 2014, Knut Nystedt ranks 227. Before him are Daniel Boulanger, Ian Paisley, Igor Rodionov, Licia Albanese, Marian Seldes, and Jimi Jamison. After him are Carlos Borges, Vaçe Zela, James Shigeta, Simon Leys, Hanna Maron, and Wubbo Ockels.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Knut Nystedt ranks 246 out of 1,039. Before him are Cort Adeler (1622), Nina Grieg (1845), Martinus Rørbye (1803), Oddbjørn Hagen (1908), Sigbjørn Obstfelder (1866), and Anne-Cath. Vestly (1920). After him are Knut Haugland (1917), Christopher Hansteen (1784), Pål Tyldum (1942), Magnar Solberg (1937), Ole Jacob Broch (1818), and Olav Bjaaland (1873).

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Among COMPOSERS In Norway

Among composers born in Norway, Knut Nystedt ranks 7. Before him are Edvard Grieg (1843), Johan Halvorsen (1864), Johan Svendsen (1840), Christian Sinding (1856), Rikard Nordraak (1842), and Harald Sæverud (1897). After him are Halfdan Kjerulf (1815), Fartein Valen (1887), Geirr Tveitt (1908), Klaus Egge (1906), Arne Nordheim (1931), and Thomas Bergersen (1980).

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