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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 and conductor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oliver Knussen has received more than 134,634 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Oliver Knussen is the 1,314th most popular composer (down from 1,170th in 2019), the 5,459th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,832nd in 2019) and the 88th most popular British Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Oliver Knussen ranks 1,314 out of 1,216Before him are Javier Navarrete, Peter Sculthorpe, Bernie Worrell, Jeremy Soule, Kazumi Totaka, and Jimmy McHugh. After him are Gus Kahn, Randall Thompson, Ezio Bosso, Arturo Rodas, Steve Roach, and Marc Shaiman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Oliver Knussen ranks 595Before him are Michael Fallon, Marsha Blackburn, Harald Konopka, Vera Anisimova, Guillermo La Rosa, and Wojciech Rudy. After him are Riki Sorsa, Debbie Meyer, John Rutsey, Wim Meutstege, Veronika Schmidt, and Anatoly Baidachny. Among people deceased in 2018, Oliver Knussen ranks 486Before him are Olivia Cole, Celeste Yarnall, Nanette Fabray, Joseph Campanella, Jānis Bojārs, and Gennadi Gagulia. After him are Iraj Danaeifard, Mark E. Smith, Arnaud Beltrame, Donnelly Rhodes, João W. Nery, and Ken Flach.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Oliver Knussen ranks 5,459 out of 7,765Before him are Nick Faldo (1957), Pippa Middleton (1983), Thomas Chalmers (1780), Peter Beardsley (1961), Jeremy Hunt (1966), and Adrian Metcalfe (1942). After him are Barbara Burke (1917), Max Irons (1985), Mark E. Smith (1957), Billy Bingham (1931), Geraint Thomas (1986), and Garth Ennis (1970).

Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Oliver Knussen ranks 88Before him are Thomas Adès (1971), Edmund Rubbra (1901), John Stainer (1840), Dave Stewart (1950), Ray Noble (1903), and Anne Dudley (1956). After him are William Alwyn (1905), Alan Bush (1900), Rupert Gregson-Williams (1966), Benjamin Wallfisch (1979), James MacMillan (1959), and Steven Price (1977).