COMPOSER

Petr Eben

1929 - 2007

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Petr Eben (22 January 1929 – 24 October 2007) was a Czech composer of modern and contemporary classical music, and an organist and choirmaster. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Petr Eben has received more than 64,680 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Petr Eben is the 1,053rd most popular composer (down from 1,024th in 2019), the 527th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 467th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Czech Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 65k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Petr Eben ranks 1,053 out of 1,451. Before him are Jāzeps Vītols, Otto Jahn, Gustav Lange, Józef Kozłowski, Xian Xinghai, and Patrick Doyle. After him are Alexander Serov, Marcello Abbado, Salomon Jadassohn, Hugo Distler, Frederick Loewe, and Sándor Végh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Petr Eben ranks 304. Before him are Karl-Erik Palmér, Bob Brookmeyer, Nicolas Bouvier, Viguen, Nusrat Bhutto, and József Tóth. After him are Charles Antenen, Adalet Ağaoğlu, Ray Barretto, Klara Rumyanova, Txillardegi, and Omar Borrás. Among people deceased in 2007, Petr Eben ranks 222. Before him are Paulinho de Almeida, Karen Spärck Jones, Betty Hutton, Édouard Gagnon, Isidore Isou, and Floyd Westerman. After him are Ernesto Alonso, Frankie Laine, Huang Ju, Tammy Faye Messner, Hallgeir Brenden, and Bruno Ruffo.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Petr Eben ranks 527 out of 1,200. Before him are Daniela Hodrová (1946), Olga Fikotová (1932), Jiří Hájek (1913), Alfred Roller (1864), Ernst Deutsch (1890), and Max Švabinský (1873). After him are Géza Fejérváry (1833), Josef Kajetán Tyl (1808), Julius Zeyer (1841), Vladimír Holan (1905), Jiří Holík (1944), and Zdenko Hans Skraup (1850).

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Among COMPOSERS In Czechia

Among composers born in Czechia, Petr Eben ranks 52. Before him are Anton Stamitz (1750), Jan Kalivoda (1801), Christoph Demantius (1567), Ralph Benatzky (1884), August Wilhelm Ambros (1816), and Andreas Hammerschmidt (1611). After him are Jaromír Weinberger (1896), František Škroup (1801), Rudolf Friml (1879), Vilém Blodek (1834), Wenzel Müller (1767), and Karel Husa (1921).

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