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Pēteris Vasks

1946 - Today

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Pēteris Vasks (born 16 April 1946) is a Latvian composer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pēteris Vasks has received more than 155,564 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Pēteris Vasks is the 448th most popular composer (down from 436th in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Latvia (down from 27th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Latvian Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Pēteris Vasks ranks 448 out of 1,451. Before him are Robert Stolz, Friedrich von Flotow, Ferdinand Hiller, Miki Matsubara, Grock, and Joseph Martin Kraus. After him are Johann Ludwig Bach, Leroy Anderson, Pierre de la Rue, Moritz Moszkowski, Bernhard Crusell, and Emilio de' Cavalieri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Pēteris Vasks ranks 154. Before him are Toktar Aubakirov, Tina Aumont, Jesualdo Ferreira, Robert Mapplethorpe, Harold Shipman, and Linda Ronstadt. After him are Mohamed Abdelaziz, Jan Kodeš, Francisco Varela, Queen Saleha of Brunei, Tony Levin, and Fernando Filoni.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Pēteris Vasks ranks 30 out of 323. Before him are Rainis (1865), Raimonds Pauls (1936), Frederick Casimir Kettler (1650), Pauline Therese of Württemberg (1800), Frederick William, Duke of Courland (1692), and Jānis Čakste (1859). After him are Guntis Ulmanis (1939), Herberts Cukurs (1900), Valdis Zatlers (1955), Wilhelm Kettler (1574), Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz (1751), and Jukums Vācietis (1873).

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Among COMPOSERS In Latvia

Among composers born in Latvia, Pēteris Vasks ranks 2. Before him are Raimonds Pauls (1936). After him are Balys Dvarionas (1904), Jāzeps Vītols (1863), Jānis Ivanovs (1906), Emīls Dārziņš (1875), Alfrēds Kalniņš (1879), and Ēriks Ešenvalds (1977).

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