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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 35,990 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Luís de Freitas Branco is the 1,107th most popular composer (down from 1,011th in 2019), the 293rd most popular biography from Portugal (down from 267th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Portuguese Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 36k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Luís de Freitas Branco ranks 1,107 out of 1,216. Before him are Henry Bishop, Brian Ferneyhough, Armand Amar, Vladimír Franz, Henk Badings, and Elza Ibrahimova. After him are Arthur Benjamin, Errico Petrella, Victor Massé, Conlon Nancarrow, Dario Marianelli, and Ferde Grofé.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Luís de Freitas Branco ranks 163. Before him are E. E. Smith, Thomas Tien Ken-sin, Ellen Osiier, Harold Spencer Jones, Ernst Deutsch, and José Piendibene. After him are Paul Scherrer, Percy Hodge, Robert Armstrong, Stanley Holloway, Myra Hess, and Herbert Marshall. Among people deceased in 1955, Luís de Freitas Branco ranks 113. Before him are Jenő Fuchs, Nick Winter, Honus Wagner, Johannes de Jong, Shemp Howard, and Jonni Myyrä. After him are James Agee, František Janda-Suk, Constantin Argetoianu, Josephine Diebitsch Peary, Arturo Coddou, and Tommy Burns.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Luís de Freitas Branco ranks 293 out of 555. Before him are Rosa Mota (1958), Tiago Mendes (1981), José Augusto (1937), Simone de Oliveira (1938), António Marto (1947), and Pedro Santana Lopes (1956). After him are Raul Meireles (1983), Rui Patrício (1988), Bruno Fernandes (1994), Salvador Sobral (1989), Alfredo Nobre da Costa (1923), and Infanta Maria da Assunção of Braganza (1805).

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Among COMPOSERS In Portugal

Among composers born in Portugal, Luís de Freitas Branco ranks 3. Before him are Carlos Seixas (1704) and Marcos Portugal (1762).

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