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Oliver Knussen

1952 - 2018

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Stuart Oliver Knussen (12 June 1952 – 8 July 2018) was a British composer of contemporary classical music and conductor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oliver Knussen has received more than 143,196 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Oliver Knussen is the 1,393rd most popular composer (down from 1,312th in 2019), the 5,871st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,446th in 2019) and the 94th most popular British Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Oliver Knussen ranks 1,393 out of 1,451. Before him are George Whitefield Chadwick, Charles Wuorinen, William Grant Still, Lera Auerbach, Erik Mongrain, and Frank Loesser. After him are Edvin Marton, Ludger Stühlmeyer, Robert Ashley, Kazumi Totaka, Justin Hurwitz, and Alan Bush.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Oliver Knussen ranks 678. Before him are John Barrasso, Alice Hoffman, James Forbes, Milena Duchková, Sharda Sinha, and Margit Schumann. After him are Walter Mantegazza, Joe Borg, Lakshmi, Ernesto Díaz, Linda M. Godwin, and Mario Medina. Among people deceased in 2018, Oliver Knussen ranks 539. Before him are João W. Nery, Jean Porter, Bill Slater, Dipali Barthakur, Kuldip Nayar, and Carole Shelley. After him are Dennis Edwards, Celeste Yarnall, Ken Flach, Nanette Fabray, Dick Quax, and Naftali Bon.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Oliver Knussen ranks 5,871 out of 8,785. Before him are Lilian Bond (1908), Anthony Dod Mantle (1955), Paula Malcomson (1970), John George Children (1777), Bruce Halford (1931), and David Gandy (1980). After him are Joe Gilgun (1984), John Leckie (1949), Jim Baxter (1939), Anohni (1971), Bob Bell (1958), and William Wycherley (1640).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Oliver Knussen ranks 94. Before him are Lennox Berkeley (1903), John Stainer (1840), Humphrey Searle (1915), Edmund Rubbra (1901), Stephen Warbeck (1953), and Ray Noble (1903). After him are Alan Bush (1900), William Alwyn (1905), Elisabeth Lutyens (1906), Rupert Gregson-Williams (1966), Judith Weir (1954), and James MacMillan (1959).

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