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Lukas Foss

1922 - 2009

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Lukas Foss (August 15, 1922 – February 1, 2009) was a German-American composer, pianist, and conductor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lukas Foss has received more than 173,173 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Lukas Foss is the 1,136th most popular composer (down from 1,064th in 2019), the 4,143rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,787th in 2019) and the 165th most popular German Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Lukas Foss ranks 1,136 out of 1,216. Before him are Andrey Petrov, John Corigliano, Thomas Linley the younger, Eduard Künneke, Leonard Rosenman, and Akira Yamaoka. After him are Eddie Meduza, Melchior Vulpius, William Sterndale Bennett, Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi, Arthur Bliss, and Oskar Kolberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Lukas Foss ranks 283. Before him are Nino Bibbia, Damon Knight, Alfred G. Knudson, Solomana Kante, Yao Lee, and Oscar Pettiford. After him are Neal Hefti, Aldo Ballarin, Vesna Parun, Ali Akbar Khan, China Zorrilla, and Božo Broketa. Among people deceased in 2009, Lukas Foss ranks 238. Before him are Teddy Mayer, Klavdiya Boyarskikh, Norbert Eschmann, Jan Kaplický, Abel Goumba, and Léon Glovacki. After him are Hirotugu Akaike, Kim Manners, Irving Kristol, Luciano Emmer, Dell Hymes, and Ali Akbar Khan.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Lukas Foss ranks 4,143 out of 6,142. Before him are Hermann Kant (1926), Norbert Blüm (1935), Kurt Biedenkopf (1930), Frank Beyer (1932), Hieronymous Theodor Richter (1824), and Georg Calixtus (1586). After him are Hans Carl Friedrich von Mangoldt (1854), Albrecht Berblinger (1770), Albert Brülls (1937), Heiko Maas (1966), Melchior Vulpius (1570), and Ellen von Unwerth (1954).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Lukas Foss ranks 165. Before him are Frederick Loewe (1901), Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg (1718), Julius Benedict (1804), Ludwig Abeille (1761), Klaus Badelt (1967), and Eduard Künneke (1885). After him are Melchior Vulpius (1570), Ludger Stühlmeyer (1961), Alexander Goehr (1932), Samuel Adler (1928), Gus Kahn (1886), and Masashi Hamauzu (1971).

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