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Peter Maxwell Davies

1934 - 2016

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Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (8 September 1934 – 14 March 2016) was an English composer and conductor, who in 2004 was made Master of the Queen's Music. As a student at both the University of Manchester and the Royal Manchester College of Music, Davies formed a group dedicated to contemporary music called the New Music Manchester with fellow students Harrison Birtwistle, Alexander Goehr, Elgar Howarth and John Ogdon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Maxwell Davies has received more than 476,845 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Peter Maxwell Davies is the 1,312th most popular musician (up from 1,398th in 2019), the 3,467th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,625th in 2019) and the 207th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 480k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Peter Maxwell Davies ranks 1,312 out of 3,175. Before him are Lou Donaldson, Bill Frisell, Rudolf Firkušný, Trent Reznor, Johnny Griffin, and Heinrich Schiff. After him are Neil Murray, Brad Whitford, Steve Swallow, Bernard Edwards, Cliff Martinez, and James LoMenzo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Peter Maxwell Davies ranks 342. Before him are Ian Abercrombie, Lasse Mårtenson, Martí Vergés, Barry Humphries, Robert Towne, and Aurelio Milani. After him are Zlatko Papec, Mario Segale, Alketas Panagoulias, Lucien Clergue, Julius Wess, and C. N. R. Rao. Among people deceased in 2016, Peter Maxwell Davies ranks 322. Before him are Martin Lundström, Robert Fano, Anatoly Roshchin, Lutz D. Schmadel, Rudy Van Gelder, and Heinrich Schiff. After him are Amelia Bence, Norbert Schemansky, Giorgio Albertazzi, Michel Déon, Phyllis Schlafly, and Ali Javan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Maxwell Davies ranks 3,467 out of 8,785. Before him are Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk (1893), Frederick William Beechey (1796), E. A. Wallis Budge (1857), Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (1845), Leonard Meredith (1882), and Jim Sturgess (1978). After him are Simeon Solomon (1840), John Julius Norwich (1929), Mark Lindsay Chapman (1954), Dennis Taylor (1949), John McDouall Stuart (1815), and John Wilkinson (1728).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Peter Maxwell Davies ranks 207. Before him are Trevor Bolder (1950), Peter Grant (1935), Lee Kerslake (1947), Andy Bown (1946), Bert Jansch (1943), and Joe Jackson (1954). After him are Neil Murray (1950), John Mayhew (1947), Bernard Sumner (1956), Steve Hogarth (1956), Jon Hiseman (1944), and Dave Holland (1946).

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