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Luís de Freitas Branco

1890 - 1955

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Luís Maria da Costa de Freitas Branco (12 October 1890 – 27 November 1955) was a Portuguese composer, musicologist, and professor of music who played a pre-eminent part in the development of Portuguese music in the first half of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luís de Freitas Branco has received more than 38,383 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Luís de Freitas Branco is the 1,198th most popular composer (down from 1,105th in 2019), the 348th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 292nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Portuguese Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 38k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Luís de Freitas Branco ranks 1,198 out of 1,451. Before him are Elza Ibrahimova, Tofig Guliyev, Brad Fiedel, Harrison Birtwistle, Mychael Danna, and Cláudio Santoro. After him are Marco Beltrami, Eino Tamberg, Pauline Oliveros, Akira Yamaoka, Johanna Kinkel, and Craig Armstrong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Luís de Freitas Branco ranks 191. Before him are Klabund, Robert Lindsay, Hans Gál, Åge Lundström, Herbert Marshall, and Robert Armstrong. After him are Paul Scherrer, Rainer von Fieandt, Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen, Mortimer Wheeler, Stanley Holloway, and Edgar Kennedy. Among people deceased in 1955, Luís de Freitas Branco ranks 131. Before him are Fumio Hayasaka, Johannes de Jong, Tommy Burns, Constantin Argetoianu, Charley Toorop, and Johan Jarlén. After him are Shemp Howard, Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi, Arturo Coddou, Harry Cobby, Martha Norelius, and Alexei Ivanovich Abrikosov.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Luís de Freitas Branco ranks 348 out of 633. Before him are João Morais (1935), Sara Tavares (1978), Manuel Alegre (1936), Eduardo Lourenço (1923), Helena Almeida (1934), and Natália Correia (1923). After him are Nuno Bettencourt (1966), Madalena Iglésias (1939), João Pinto (1961), Mário de Araújo Cabral (1934), Pedro Costa (1958), and António Oliveira (1952).

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Among COMPOSERS In Portugal

Among composers born in Portugal, Luís de Freitas Branco ranks 4. Before him are Carlos Seixas (1704), Marcos Portugal (1762), and Manuel Cardoso (1566).

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