COMPOSER

Manuel de Falla

1876 - 1946

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Manuel de Falla y Matheu (Spanish pronunciation: [maˈnwel de ˈfaʎa], 23 November 1876 – 14 November 1946) was a Spanish composer and pianist. Along with Isaac Albéniz, Francisco Tárrega, and Enrique Granados, he was one of Spain's most important musicians of the first half of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Manuel de Falla has received more than 622,649 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Manuel de Falla is the 107th most popular composer (up from 114th in 2019), the 107th most popular biography from Spain (up from 109th in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Composer.

Manuel de Falla is most famous for his opera "El Amor Brujo."

Memorability Metrics

  • 620k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Manuel de Falla ranks 107 out of 1,451. Before him are Jacopo Peri, Francis Poulenc, Zoltán Kodály, Adolphe Adam, Paul Hindemith, and Heinrich Schütz. After him are Carlo Gesualdo, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Giulio Caccini, Joaquín Rodrigo, Mily Balakirev, and Arthur Honegger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Manuel de Falla ranks 13. Before him are Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, Wilhelm Pieck, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Constantin Brâncuși, Pablo Casals, and Alexander I of Serbia. After him are Willis Carrier, Adolf Windaus, 13th Dalai Lama, Otto Diels, Elsa Einstein, and Maurice de Vlaminck. Among people deceased in 1946, Manuel de Falla ranks 23. Before him are Werner von Blomberg, Julius Streicher, Karl Haushofer, Fritz Sauckel, John Logie Baird, and Draža Mihailović. After him are Paul Langevin, Ferenc Szálasi, Ananda Mahidol, Gilbert N. Lewis, Helene Schjerfbeck, and Andrey Vlasov.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Manuel de Falla ranks 107 out of 3,355. Before him are Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal (1507), Solomon ibn Gabirol (1021), Cristóbal Balenciaga (1895), Paco Rabanne (1934), Louis I of Spain (1707), and Pelagius of Asturias (685). After him are Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852), Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1470), Seneca the Elder (-54), Antipope Benedict XIII (1328), Joaquín Rodrigo (1901), and Isabella Clara Eugenia (1566).

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Among COMPOSERS In Spain

Among composers born in Spain, Manuel de Falla ranks 1. After him are Joaquín Rodrigo (1901), Francisco Tárrega (1852), Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548), Enrique Granados (1867), Jordi Savall (1941), Antonio Soler (1729), Joaquín Turina (1882), Federico Mompou (1893), Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga (1806), Gaspar Sanz (1640), and Antonio de Cabezón (1510).

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