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Michael William Balfe

1808 - 1870

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Michael William Balfe (15 May 1808 – 20 October 1870) was an Irish composer, best remembered for his operas, especially The Bohemian Girl. After a short career as a violinist, Balfe pursued an operatic singing career, while he began to compose. In a career spanning more than 40 years, he composed at least 29 operas, almost 250 songs, several cantatas and other works. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael William Balfe has received more than 115,884 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Michael William Balfe is the 1,014th most popular composer (down from 868th in 2019), the 156th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 136th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Irish Composer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Michael William Balfe ranks 1,014 out of 1,216. Before him are Johann Theile, Antoine Duhamel, Walter Piston, Gottfried von Einem, Vagn Holmboe, and Jacopo da Bologna. After him are Ivan Galamian, Frank Churchill, Martin Wegelius, Harry Partch, Arif Malikov, and Adolf Bernhard Marx.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1808, Michael William Balfe ranks 44. Before him are James Nasmyth, Henry Cole, Lysander Spooner, August von Werder, Auguste Franchomme, and Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso. After him are Josef Kajetán Tyl, Sofia Adlersparre, Johann Benedict Listing, Pyotr Chikhachyov, Caterina Scarpellini, and Constantin Negruzzi. Among people deceased in 1870, Michael William Balfe ranks 45. Before him are Infante Enrique, Duke of Seville, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, James Young Simpson, Pieter Bleeker, Arthur Saint-Léon, and Johann Heinrich Blasius. After him are Moshoeshoe I, Carl August von Steinheil, Umihana Čuvidina, Franz Unger, Carlos Soublette, and Franz Josef Ruprecht.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Michael William Balfe ranks 156 out of 501. Before him are Catald (700), Mary Harris Jones (1837), Shelley McNamara (1952), Aphex Twin (1971), Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785), and William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker (1620). After him are Hugh O'Flaherty (1898), Adomnán (624), Tom Moore (1883), Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852), Alan Cunningham (1887), and Geraldine Fitzgerald (1913).

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Among COMPOSERS In Ireland

Among composers born in Ireland, Michael William Balfe ranks 4. Before him are John Field (1782), Turlough O'Carolan (1670), and Charles Villiers Stanford (1852). After him are Victor Herbert (1859).

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