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Per Nørgård

1932 - Today

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Per Nørgård (pronounced [ˈpʰɛɐ̯ ˈnɶɐ̯ˌkɒˀ]; born 13 July 1932) is a Danish composer and music theorist. Though his style has varied considerably throughout his career, his music has often included repeatedly evolving melodies—such as the infinity series—in the vein of Jean Sibelius, and a perspicuous focus on lyricism. Reflecting on this, the composer Julian Anderson described his style as "one of the most personal in contemporary music". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Per Nørgård has received more than 137,974 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Per Nørgård is the 860th most popular composer (down from 797th in 2019), the 319th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 303rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Danish Composer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Per Nørgård ranks 860 out of 1,216. Before him are Moritz Hauptmann, Isabella Leonarda, Vatroslav Lisinski, Lee Konitz, Josip Runjanin, and Frederic Rzewski. After him are Arnold Mendelssohn, Vincent Lübeck, Ralph Benatzky, Heinrich Bach, Jean Mouton, and Heinrich Sutermeister.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Per Nørgård ranks 211. Before him are Karekin I, Francis Arinze, Max Gallo, Walter Cunningham, Nikolay Rukavishnikov, and Vitold Fokin. After him are Dana Scott, Tiny Tim, Henri Nouwen, Stefanie Zweig, On Kawara, and Siegfried Rauch.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Per Nørgård ranks 319 out of 893. Before him are Bernhard Severin Ingemann (1789), Kim Bodnia (1965), Otto Friedrich Müller (1730), Tony Rominger (1961), Viggo Jensen (1874), and Johannes Ewald (1743). After him are Emil Aarestrup (1800), Eugen Schmidt (1862), Henning Carlsen (1927), Jakob Nielsen (1957), Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae (1821), and Sophus Nielsen (1888).

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Among COMPOSERS In Denmark

Among composers born in Denmark, Per Nørgård ranks 6. Before him are Carl Nielsen (1865), Niels Gade (1817), Hans Christian Lumbye (1810), Rued Langgaard (1893), and Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805). After him are Emil Hartmann (1836), Vagn Holmboe (1909), Peter Arnold Heise (1830), Hans Abrahamsen (1952), Jesper Kyd (1972), and Poul Ruders (1949).

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