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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 106,693 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Nie Er is the 781st most popular composer (down from 771st in 2019), the 668th most popular biography from China (down from 631st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Chinese Composer.

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  • 110k

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  • 52.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Nie Er ranks 781 out of 1,216Before him are Giuseppe Gazzaniga, Antoine Brumel, Václav Tomášek, Claude Balbastre, André Caplet, and Johann Gottlieb Graun. After him are Paul Ben-Haim, Jan Kalivoda, Johann Schobert, Edward MacDowell, Alexander Tcherepnin, and Galina Ustvolskaya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Nie Er ranks 149Before him are Lev Kopelev, Vladimir Bakarić, Hamengkubuwono IX, Günter Wand, Andre Norton, and Eve Arnold. After him are Alfred Schwarzmann, Rudolf Vytlačil, Palle Huld, Claude Pompidou, Teddy Wilson, and Henry Armstrong. Among people deceased in 1935, Nie Er ranks 76Before him are Henry Fairfield Osborn, Otto Schott, Dutch Schultz, Zequinha de Abreu, Eemil Nestor Setälä, and Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon. After him are Qu Qiubai, Huey Long, Jules Cambon, Erich von Hornbostel, Oda Krohg, and Childe Hassam.

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In China

Among people born in China, Nie Er ranks 668 out of 1,392Before him are Liu Yuxi (772), King Hu (1932), Wang Can (177), Zhang Guotao (1897), Shi Pei Pu (1938), and Kenneth Tsang (1935). After him are Huang Gongwang (1269), Qu Qiubai (1899), Michael Hui (1942), Wei Jingsheng (1950), Zeng Gong (1019), and Lei Jun (1969).

Among COMPOSERS In China

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