COMPOSER

Nie Er

1912 - 1935

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Nie Er (14 February 1912 – 17 July 1935), born Nie Shouxin, courtesy name Ziyi (子義 or 紫藝), was a Chinese composer best known for "March of the Volunteers", the national anthem of People's Republic of China. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nie Er has received more than 118,111 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Nie Er is the 854th most popular composer (down from 780th in 2019), the 756th most popular biography from China (down from 667th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Chinese Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Nie Er ranks 854 out of 1,451. Before him are Henri-Montan Berton, Meredith Monk, Marco da Gagliano, Werner Egk, Trevor Jones, and Piero Piccioni. After him are Turlough O'Carolan, Robert Volkmann, Alberto Iglesias, Déodat de Séverac, Friedrich Kiel, and Allan Pettersson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Nie Er ranks 170. Before him are Boun Oum, Keisuke Kinoshita, B. D. Jatti, Georges Franju, Christopher Hill, and Claude Pompidou. After him are Nick Cravat, Pietro Ferraris, Campanal I, Ioannis Alevras, Pál Kovács, and Palle Huld. Among people deceased in 1935, Nie Er ranks 80. Before him are Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, Agnes Pockels, Richard Mollier, Mack Swain, Dutch Schultz, and Georg Jensen. After him are Huey Long, Hans Tropsch, Virginie Demont-Breton, Childe Hassam, Sun Chuanfang, and Tsubouchi Shōyō.

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In China

Among people born in China, Nie Er ranks 756 out of 1,610. Before him are Li Zhanshu (1950), Ulanhu (1906), Yuen Ren Chao (1892), Luo Yixiu (1889), Zhao Leji (1957), and Wei Jingsheng (1950). After him are Yang Jiechi (1950), Sakya Pandita (1182), Pei Xiu (224), Tang Jingsong (1841), Witness Lee (1905), and Shen Congwen (1902).

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Among COMPOSERS In China

Among composers born in China, Nie Er ranks 2. Before him are Boris Blacher (1903). After him are Tan Dun (1957), and Qigang Chen (1951).

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