COMPOSER

Leo Ornstein

1895 - 2002

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Leo Ornstein (born Лев Орнштейн, Lev Ornshteyn; c. December 11, 1895 – February 24, 2002) was an American experimental composer and pianist of the early twentieth century. His performances of works by avant-garde composers and his own innovative and even shocking pieces made him a cause célèbre on both sides of the Atlantic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leo Ornstein has received more than 286,973 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Leo Ornstein is the 1,234th most popular composer (down from 1,168th in 2019), the 824th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 663rd in 2019) and the 30th most popular Ukrainian Composer.

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  • 290k

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  • 46.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Leo Ornstein ranks 1,234 out of 1,451. Before him are Elliot Goldenthal, Gavriil Popov, Milton Babbitt, Gerald Finzi, Thomas Linley the younger, and Frigyes Hidas. After him are Jan A. P. Kaczmarek, Enoch Sontonga, Bronius Kutavičius, Dobri Hristov, Rachel Portman, and Masaaki Suzuki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Leo Ornstein ranks 243. Before him are Juan Artola, Vilho Tuulos, Earl Thomson, Nygmet Nurmakov, Karel Pešek, and Károly Fogl. After him are Choudhry Rahmat Ali, Robert A. Lovett, Busby Berkeley, Norman Ross, William Petersson, and Karel Koželuh. Among people deceased in 2002, Leo Ornstein ranks 252. Before him are Albrecht Becker, Mikhail Krug, Louis-Marie Billé, Barry Foster, Ekrem Akurgal, and Jan de Hartog. After him are Eugen Meier, Spike Milligan, John R. Pierce, Sergei Bodrov Jr., Jack Kruschen, and Stafford Beer.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Leo Ornstein ranks 824 out of 1,365. Before him are Kyrylo Budanov (1986), Vadim Abdrashitov (1945), Victoria Zdrok (1973), Igor Dobrovolski (1967), Kira Zvorykina (1919), and Boris Verlinsky (1888). After him are Lidiya Ponomarenko (1922), Vira Vovk (1926), Ivan Bohdan (1928), Andrzej Mostowski (1913), Lolita Milyavskaya (1963), and Sviatoslav Shevchuk (1970).

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Among COMPOSERS In Ukraine

Among composers born in Ukraine, Leo Ornstein ranks 30. Before him are Semen Hulak-Artemovsky (1813), Heinrich Schenker (1868), Yevhen Stankovych (1942), Igor Krutoy (1954), Vasyl Barvinsky (1888), and Vladimir Shainsky (1925). After him are Isaac Schwartz (1923), Edvin Marton (1974), and Alla Zahaikevych (1966).

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