COMPOSER

Paul Creston

1906 - 1985

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Paul Creston (born Giuseppe Guttoveggio; October 10, 1906 – August 24, 1985) was an Italian American composer of classical music. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Creston has received more than 110,140 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Creston is the 1,253rd most popular composer (down from 1,186th in 2019), the 8,141st most popular biography from United States (down from 7,418th in 2019) and the 88th most popular American Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Paul Creston ranks 1,253 out of 1,451. Before him are Sergei Slonimsky, Camille Erlanger, Alfrēds Kalniņš, Dimitri Arakishvili, Ferde Grofé, and Maurice Greene. After him are Artur Lemba, Ludomir Różycki, Anthony van Hoboken, Rhys Chatham, Karel Husa, and Karl-Birger Blomdahl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Paul Creston ranks 332. Before him are Kang Kyeong-ae, Willibald Kreß, Gustav Schäfer, Luis Marín, Sara Ashurbeyli, and Mary Brian. After him are William Wilson Morgan, Clark Clifford, Zoltan Sarosy, Ernest Libérati, Meindert DeJong, and Stefan Andres. Among people deceased in 1985, Paul Creston ranks 221. Before him are Harry Hopman, Josip Primožič, Archie Stark, Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, Toni Branca, and C. B. van Niel. After him are Jacques de Lacretelle, Fritz Keller, Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw, Richard Haydn, Myrtle Cook, and Milton H. Greene.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Creston ranks 8,141 out of 20,380. Before him are Liberty Hyde Bailey (1858), Flavor Flav (1959), Joan Shawlee (1926), Chris Owen (1980), Christopher Browning (1944), and Johnnie Parsons (1918). After him are Margaret Woodbridge (1902), Cliff Edwards (1895), Mike Farrell (1939), Robert M. La Follette (1855), Faith Domergue (1924), and Blossom Rock (1895).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Paul Creston ranks 88. Before him are George Bruns (1914), Glenn Branca (1948), Elliot Goldenthal (1954), Milton Babbitt (1916), David Diamond (1915), and Ferde Grofé (1892). After him are Rhys Chatham (1952), David Raksin (1912), Virgil Thomson (1896), Paul Williams (1940), Vincent Youmans (1898), and Morten Lauridsen (1943).

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