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Peter Warlock

1894 - 1930

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Philip Arnold Heseltine (30 October 1894 – 17 December 1930), known by the pseudonym Peter Warlock, was a British composer and music critic. The Warlock name, which reflects Heseltine's interest in occult practices, was used for all his published musical works. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Warlock has received more than 520,075 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Peter Warlock is the 1,310th most popular composer (down from 1,243rd in 2019), the 4,676th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,453rd in 2019) and the 76th most popular British Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 520k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Peter Warlock ranks 1,310 out of 1,451. Before him are Zagir Ismagilov, David Arnold, Isaac Schwartz, James Scott, Harry Warren, and Jocelyn Pook. After him are Javier Navarrete, Brian Tyler, John Wilbye, Thomas Campion, Ned Rorem, and Joel Goldsmith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Peter Warlock ranks 237. Before him are Kazimierz Wierzyński, Robert Benson, Boris Shchukin, Alexander Hall, Anatoly Blagonravov, and Arthur Fadden. After him are Viktor Vinogradov, Lois Wilson, Jan Peka, Norman Kerry, Jacob Opdahl, and Nick Winter. Among people deceased in 1930, Peter Warlock ranks 123. Before him are Eligio Ayala, Edward Angle, Varlam Avanesov, Sigurd Ibsen, Elmer Ambrose Sperry, and Maria Polydouri. After him are Anna Whitlock, Erik Algot Fredriksson, Mary Harrison McKee, Santeri Alkio, Rebecca Latimer Felton, and Šatrijos Ragana.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Warlock ranks 4,676 out of 8,785. Before him are Stephen Leacock (1869), Lilian Gibbs (1870), Bill Moggridge (1943), Michael Howard (1941), Bunny Austin (1906), and Jocelyn Pook (1960). After him are Martin Fowler (1963), Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1736), Guy Chambers (1963), Princess Claire of Belgium (1974), Karim Ahmad Khan (1970), and Michael Jayston (1935).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Peter Warlock ranks 76. Before him are Monty Norman (1928), William Sterndale Bennett (1816), Thomas Tomkins (1572), George Fenton (1950), David Arnold (1962), and Jocelyn Pook (1960). After him are John Wilbye (1574), Thomas Campion (1567), Thomas Adès (1971), Henry Lawes (1595), Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875), and John Stanley (1712).

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