COMPOSER

Kurt Atterberg

1887 - 1974

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Kurt Magnus Atterberg (Swedish: [²atːɛrbærj], 12 December 1887 – 15 February 1974) was a Swedish composer and engineer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kurt Atterberg has received more than 132,538 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Kurt Atterberg is the 615th most popular composer (down from 607th in 2019), the 329th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 316th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Swedish Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Kurt Atterberg ranks 615 out of 1,451. Before him are Jehan Alain, Spyridon Samaras, Joseph Hellmesberger Jr., Helmut Lachenmann, Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev, and Ildebrando Pizzetti. After him are Robert Fuchs, Morton Feldman, Alois Hába, Francesco Canova da Milano, Jeremiah Clarke, and Léon Boëllmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Kurt Atterberg ranks 101. Before him are Roscoe Arbuckle, François Faber, Walter Ruttmann, Samuil Marshak, Johann Radon, and Miklós Kállay. After him are James Finlayson, Antanas Merkys, Frigyes Karinthy, Charles Galton Darwin, Edelmiro Julián Farrell, and Şükrü Saracoğlu. Among people deceased in 1974, Kurt Atterberg ranks 80. Before him are Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Wang Ming, Princess Patricia of Connaught, Yevgeny Vuchetich, Konstantin Melnikov, and Jean Daniélou. After him are Candy Darling, Nick Drake, Bernard Voorhoof, Roberto Assagioli, Maximilian de Angelis, and Helmuth Koinigg.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Kurt Atterberg ranks 329 out of 1,879. Before him are Ingeborg Magnusdotter of Sweden (1277), Anette Olzon (1971), Rolf Lassgård (1955), Martin van Meytens (1695), Adolph John I, Count Palatine of Kleeburg (1629), and Viveca Lindfors (1920). After him are Bertil Lindblad (1895), Gunnar Nilsson (1948), Kerstin Ekman (1933), Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uppland (1827), Johan August Brinell (1849), and Ulf Stark (1944).

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Among COMPOSERS In Sweden

Among composers born in Sweden, Kurt Atterberg ranks 5. Before him are Dieterich Buxtehude (1637), Hugo Alfvén (1872), Princess Cecilia of Sweden (1807), and Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871). After him are Johan Helmich Roman (1694), Allan Pettersson (1911), Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867), Lars-Erik Larsson (1908), Ludvig Norman (1831), Ture Rangström (1884), and Einar Englund (1916).

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