COMPOSER

Louis Andriessen

1939 - 2021

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Louis Joseph Andriessen (Dutch: [luˈʋi ˈɑndrisə(n)]; 6 June 1939 – 1 July 2021) was a Dutch composer, pianist and academic teacher. Considered the most influential Dutch composer of his generation, he was a central proponent of The Hague school of composition. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Andriessen has received more than 262,796 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Louis Andriessen is the 809th most popular composer (down from 660th in 2019), the 497th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 367th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Dutch Composer.

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  • 260k

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  • 52.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Louis Andriessen ranks 809 out of 1,451. Before him are Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, Jean Guillou, Cornelius Gurlitt, Frank Bridge, Mykhailo Verbytskyi, and Gaspar Cassadó. After him are Alexander Alyabyev, Annibale Padovano, Jean-Henri d'Anglebert, Michel Blavet, Philippe de Monte, and Pierre Attaingnant.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Louis Andriessen ranks 224. Before him are Leka, Crown Prince of Albania, William Devane, Ron Rifkin, John Amos, Nobuyuki Oishi, and Giorgio Gaber. After him are Valery Ryumin, Angelo Sormani, João César Monteiro, Jaime Paz Zamora, Abdelmajid Lakhal, and Carlos do Carmo. Among people deceased in 2021, Louis Andriessen ranks 222. Before him are Lars Norén, Clive Sinclair, Kjell Askildsen, Marc Ferro, Yury Vlasov, and Roger Hunt. After him are Margitta Gummel, Lamine Diack, Freimut Börngen, Yevhen Marchuk, Sergei Kovalev, and Carlos do Carmo.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Louis Andriessen ranks 497 out of 1,646. Before him are Henk ten Cate (1954), Reinhart Dozy (1820), Joachim Wtewael (1566), Jelle Zijlstra (1918), Cornelis Bloemaert (1603), and Nina Foch (1924). After him are Coenraad Johannes van Houten (1801), Herman van Veen (1945), Gerald Vanenburg (1964), Jan Wouters (1960), Henriëtte Ronner-Knip (1821), and Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech (1591).

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Among COMPOSERS In Netherlands

Among composers born in Netherlands, Louis Andriessen ranks 8. Before him are Antonia Brico (1902), Johann Adam Reincken (1643), Gustav Leonhardt (1928), Willem Mengelberg (1871), Jacob Clemens non Papa (1510), and Jacob van Eyck (1590). After him are Simeon ten Holt (1923), Junkie XL (1967), Anthony van Hoboken (1887), and Michel van der Aa (1970).

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