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Malcolm Arnold

1921 - 2006

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Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold (21 October 1921 – 23 September 2006) was an English composer. His works feature music in many genres, including a cycle of nine symphonies, numerous concertos, concert works, chamber music, choral music and music for brass band and wind band. His style is tonal and rejoices in lively rhythms, brilliant orchestration, and an unabashed tunefulness. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Malcolm Arnold has received more than 428,462 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Malcolm Arnold is the 648th most popular composer (down from 623rd in 2019), the 1,834th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,766th in 2019) and the 25th most popular British Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 430k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Malcolm Arnold ranks 648 out of 1,216. Before him are Dora Pejačević, Domenico Gabrielli, Giovanni Battista Vitali, Nicolas Gombert, Alex North, and Jean-Féry Rebel. After him are Heinz Holliger, Shunsuke Kikuchi, Riccardo Zandonai, Matthias Weckmann, Agustín Lara, and Francisco Guerrero.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Malcolm Arnold ranks 147. Before him are Darío Moreno, Angelica Rozeanu, Lidia Gueiler Tejada, P. V. Narasimha Rao, Jim Garrison, and Anne Golon. After him are Raymond Williams, Vasco Gonçalves, Jackie Stallone, Carmen Laforet, Georges Wilson, and Tadeusz Różewicz. Among people deceased in 2006, Malcolm Arnold ranks 121. Before him are Angelica Rozeanu, Iva Toguri D'Aquino, Joe Rosenthal, Pietro Rava, Gérard Oury, and Silva Kaputikyan. After him are Ibolya Csák, Yitzhak Kaduri, Rocío Dúrcal, Faas Wilkes, Seymour Martin Lipset, and Wilson Pickett.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Malcolm Arnold ranks 1,834 out of 7,765. Before him are James Dunlop (1793), Kathleen Ferrier (1912), Alan Wilder (1959), Michael Sheen (1969), Limahl (1958), and Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset (1499). After him are James Stirling (1692), Charles Joughin (1878), Anne Lister (1791), Jimmy Somerville (1961), Raymond Williams (1921), and Arthur Percival (1887).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Malcolm Arnold ranks 25. Before him are Jeremiah Clarke (1674), Ethel Smyth (1858), John Blow (1649), Orlando Gibbons (1583), Pasquale Anfossi (1727), and William Boyce (1711). After him are Arthur Sullivan (1842), John Taverner (1490), John Bull (1562), Frank Bridge (1879), Rebecca Clarke (1886), and Charles Burney (1726).

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