COMPOSER

Michael Nyman

1944 - Today

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Michael Laurence Nyman, CBE (born 23 March 1944) is an English composer, pianist, librettist, musicologist, and filmmaker. He is known for numerous film scores (many written during his lengthy collaboration with the filmmaker Peter Greenaway), and his multi-platinum soundtrack album to Jane Campion's The Piano. He has written a number of operas, including The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat; Letters, Riddles and Writs; Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs; Facing Goya; Man and Boy: Dada; Love Counts; and Sparkie: Cage and Beyond. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Nyman has received more than 797,168 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Michael Nyman is the 334th most popular composer (up from 359th in 2019), the 1,006th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,062nd in 2019) and the 12th most popular British Composer.

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  • 800k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Michael Nyman ranks 334 out of 1,451. Before him are Gustav Leonhardt, Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Gustave Charpentier, Julius Fučík, Heinrich Isaac, and Ferdinando Carulli. After him are Cipriano de Rore, Christian Gottlob Neefe, Antonio Soler, Giovanni Bottesini, Georg Benda, and Viktor Ullmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Michael Nyman ranks 115. Before him are Charles Sobhraj, Bo Larsson, Sam Elliott, Jan-Michael Vincent, Roger Daltrey, and Chico Mendes. After him are Rexhep Meidani, Daniel Pennac, Patrice Chéreau, Helena Rojo, Marie-Christine Barrault, and Jürgen Grabowski.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Nyman ranks 1,006 out of 8,785. Before him are Antony Flew (1923), Alexander III of Scotland (1241), Henry Briggs (1561), Ian Curtis (1956), Jill Ireland (1936), and Bill Shankly (1913). After him are Colin Chapman (1928), Alasdair MacIntyre (1929), Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford (1505), James Mason (1909), William Whewell (1794), and Phil Neville (1977).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Michael Nyman ranks 12. Before him are William Byrd (1543), Keith Emerson (1944), Eugen d'Albert (1864), Thomas Tallis (1502), Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948), and John Dunstaple (1390). After him are Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872), Ethel Smyth (1858), Frederick Delius (1862), William Walton (1902), John Blow (1649), and Neville Marriner (1924).

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