COMPOSER

Morten Lauridsen

1943 - Today

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Morten Johannes Lauridsen (born February 27, 1943) is an American composer and academic teacher. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Morten Lauridsen has received more than 352,843 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Morten Lauridsen is the 1,281st most popular composer (down from 1,222nd in 2019), the 8,740th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,391st in 2019) and the 94th most popular American Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Morten Lauridsens by language

Over the past year Morten Lauridsen has had the most page views in the with 36,116 views, followed by German (4,669), and Spanish (2,582). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (87.30%), Catalan (40.27%), and Finnish (39.76%)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Morten Lauridsen ranks 1,281 out of 1,451. Before him are Toshio Hosokawa, Lepo Sumera, Boris Tishchenko, Federico Chueca, Gavin Bryars, and Vincent Youmans. After him are Necil Kazım Akses, Pascal Dusapin, Florence Price, Monty Norman, Harald Kloser, and William Sterndale Bennett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Morten Lauridsen ranks 568. Before him are Sly Stone, Pedro Pablo León, Richard Eyre, Mirsad Fazlagić, Daniel Robin, and Gavin Bryars. After him are Kaoru Ikeya, Toni Basil, Mariann Fischer Boel, Stephen Greenblatt, Silvia Cartwright, and Tommy Gemmell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Morten Lauridsen ranks 8,740 out of 20,380. Before him are James Parrott (1897), Hamilton Fish (1808), John Adair (1757), Vincent Youmans (1898), Kent Beck (1961), and Lloyd Fredendall (1883). After him are Steve Anderson (1906), G. Gordon Liddy (1930), John F. Kelly (1950), Gerry Goffin (1939), John Romero (1967), and Craig Bierko (1964).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Morten Lauridsen ranks 94. Before him are Paul Creston (1906), Rhys Chatham (1952), David Raksin (1912), Virgil Thomson (1896), Paul Williams (1940), and Vincent Youmans (1898). After him are Florence Price (1887), John Kander (1927), Spike Jones (1911), Howard Hanson (1896), Steve Jablonsky (1970), and H. C. Robbins Landon (1926).

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