COMPOSER

Philippe Herreweghe

1947 - Today

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Philippe Maria François Herreweghe, Knight Herreweghe (born 2 May 1947) is a Belgian conductor and choirmaster. Herreweghe founded La Chapelle Royale and Collegium Vocale Gent and is renowned as a conductor, with a repertoire ranging from Renaissance to early Romantic classical music. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philippe Herreweghe has received more than 120,787 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Philippe Herreweghe is the 562nd most popular composer (down from 552nd in 2019), the 289th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 267th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Belgian Composer.

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  • 55.88

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Philippe Herreweghe ranks 562 out of 1,451. Before him are Stevan Mokranjac, Eleni Karaindrou, Riccardo Drigo, Helmut Walcha, John Blow, and Friedrich Wieck. After him are Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Pavel Haas, Ferdinando Paer, and Tommaso Traetta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Philippe Herreweghe ranks 184. Before him are Alain Connes, Malam Bacai Sanhá, Mario Aurelio Poli, Godfrey Chitalu, Mary Simon, and Ben Cross. After him are Somchai Wongsawat, Rita Lee, Michel Sardou, Larry David, Anne Archer, and Kjell Magne Bondevik.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Philippe Herreweghe ranks 289 out of 1,190. Before him are Louis Philippe, Crown Prince of Belgium (1833), Joanna, Duchess of Brabant (1322), Godfried Danneels (1933), Jan Fyt (1611), Désiré-Joseph Mercier (1851), and Alexander De Croo (1975). After him are Achille Van Acker (1898), Frans Floris (1519), Abraham Janssens (1570), John III, Duke of Brabant (1300), Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium (1872), and Patrick Sercu (1944).

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Among COMPOSERS In Belgium

Among composers born in Belgium, Philippe Herreweghe ranks 23. Before him are Pierre de la Rue (1460), Jean Absil (1893), Charles Auguste de Bériot (1802), Guillaume Lekeu (1870), François-Joseph Fétis (1784), and Johannes Ciconia (1370). After him are Hucbald (840), Joseph Jongen (1873), Wim Mertens (1953), Philippe de Monte (1521), Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens (1823), and Giaches de Wert (1535).

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