MUSICIAN

Myra Hess

1890 - 1965

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Dame Julia Myra Hess, (25 February 1890 – 25 November 1965) was an English pianist best known for her performances of the works of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, and Brahms. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Myra Hess has received more than 252,035 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Myra Hess is the 1,623rd most popular musician (down from 1,329th in 2019), the 4,168th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,507th in 2019) and the 258th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Myra Hess ranks 1,623 out of 3,175. Before her are Mike Patton, Kyle Eastwood, Gilby Clarke, Jimmy Giuffre, John Foxx, and Daryl Stuermer. After her are Gavin Harrison, Mike Mills, Flavor Flav, Cliff Edwards, Otis Spann, and Blind Willie McTell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Myra Hess ranks 206. Before her are Eino Kaila, Cecil Kellaway, Jean Piot, Ichiya Kumagae, Stratis Myrivilis, and Imre Zachár. After her are Georges Tainturier, Benno Moiseiwitsch, Harry Babcock, Konstantin Vasilyevich Ivanov, Princess Victoria Margaret of Prussia, and Ödön Tersztyánszky. Among people deceased in 1965, Myra Hess ranks 184. Before her are Hilario López, Mahmoud Mokhtar El Tetsh, William Petersson, Harry Crerar, Everett Sloane, and Francisco Garza Gutiérrez. After her are Félix Paiva, Jacques Audiberti, Joseph De Combe, Harry Babcock, Bessie Barriscale, and Arnold Luhaäär.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Myra Hess ranks 4,168 out of 8,785. Before her are Steve Hillage (1951), Patrick Moore (1923), Skin (1967), John Gardner Wilkinson (1797), John Foxx (1948), and Herbert Ponting (1870). After her are Gavin Harrison (1963), Elizabeth Montagu (1718), Isaac Pitman (1813), Sebastian Cabot (1918), Edward Rutherfurd (1948), and Peter Osgood (1947).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Myra Hess ranks 258. Before her are Richard Rodney Bennett (1936), John Martyn (1948), Thomas Ravenscroft (1592), Daphne Oram (1925), Steve Hillage (1951), and John Foxx (1948). After her are Gavin Harrison (1963), Andy White (1930), Ray Thomas (1941), Richard Palmer-James (1947), Maxi Jazz (1957), and Mick Avory (1944).

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