COMPOSER

Percy Grainger

1882 - 1961

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Percy Aldridge Grainger (born George Percy Grainger; 8 July 1882 – 20 February 1961) was an Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist who moved to the United States in 1914 and became an American citizen in 1918. In the course of a long and innovative career he played a prominent role in the revival of interest in British folk music in the early years of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Percy Grainger has received more than 917,793 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Percy Grainger is the 1,137th most popular composer (down from 999th in 2019), the 187th most popular biography from Australia (down from 122nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Australian Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 920k

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  • 55.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Percy Grainger ranks 1,137 out of 1,451Before him are Vagn Holmboe, Hans Huber, Armand Amar, Stevan Hristić, Eddie Meduza, and Oskar Sala. After him are Ester Mägi, Fumio Hayasaka, Ernest Reyer, Nicolas Slonimsky, Vasyl Barvinsky, and Karol Kurpiński.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Percy Grainger ranks 201Before him are Elly Ney, Julius Edgar Lilienfeld, Verner Weckman, Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius, Walter Braunfels, and Harold D. Babcock. After him are Aristarkh Lentulov, Mustafa Subhi, Leonard Meredith, José Luis Tejada Sorzano, Leonard Nelson, and Ștefania Mărăcineanu. Among people deceased in 1961, Percy Grainger ranks 140Before him are Tiny Sandford, York Bowen, Ion Barbu, Nita Naldi, Rosa Sensat, and Paul Deman. After him are Philibert Jacques Melotte, Alberto Chividini, Dun Karm Psaila, Antonio Urdinarán, František Drtikol, and Boris Vilkitsky.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Percy Grainger ranks 187 out of 1,143Before him are Rodney Heath (1884), Stan Rowley (1876), Alfred Deakin (1856), Abbie Cornish (1982), Rose Byrne (1979), and Alex O'Loughlin (1976). After him are Barry Humphries (1934), Mervyn Rose (1930), Malcolm Fraser (1930), Wayne Gardner (1959), Joel Edgerton (1974), and Keith Michell (1926).

Among COMPOSERS In Australia

Among composers born in Australia, Percy Grainger ranks 2Before him are Peter Sculthorpe (1929). After him are Arthur Benjamin (1893), Malcolm Williamson (1931), and Brett Dean (1961).