COMPOSER

Pierre De Geyter

1848 - 1932

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Pierre Chrétien Degeyter (French: [pjɛʁ kʁetjɛ̃ də ɡetɛʁ], Flemish: [də ˈɣɛitər]; 8 October 1848 – 26 September 1932) was a Belgian-French socialist and a composer, known for writing the music of The Internationale. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre De Geyter has received more than 99,260 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre De Geyter is the 322nd most popular composer (up from 328th in 2019), the 166th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 162nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Belgian Composer.

Pierre de Geyter is most famous for his work with the paintings of Vincent van Gogh.

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  • 59.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Pierre De Geyter ranks 322 out of 1,451. Before him are Valentyn Sylvestrov, Franz Benda, Vincent d'Indy, Giovanni Bononcini, Paul Abraham, and Saverio Mercadante. After him are Charles Ives, Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Johann Adam Reincken, Ignaz Pleyel, John Dunstaple, and Gustav Leonhardt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1848, Pierre De Geyter ranks 36. Before him are Hristo Botev, Hermann Alexander Diels, Carlos, Duke of Madrid, Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans, and Thomas Lipton. After him are Carl Stumpf, Anna Boch, Vasily Surikov, Jules Bastien-Lepage, Louis Comfort Tiffany, and Lothar von Trotha. Among people deceased in 1932, Pierre De Geyter ranks 26. Before him are André Maginot, Pavlik Morozov, Jules Chéret, Eugen d'Albert, Georg Kerschensteiner, and Ferdinand Buisson. After him are Franz von Hipper, Inukai Tsuyoshi, Ottokar Czernin, Kang Pan-sok, Émile Friant, and Tomáš Baťa.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Pierre De Geyter ranks 166 out of 1,190. Before him are Petrus Plancius (1552), Victor D'Hondt (1841), Abraham Brueghel (1631), Chantal Akerman (1950), Victor Serge (1890), and Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (1962). After him are Roelant Savery (1576), Heinrich Isaac (1450), Cipriano de Rore (1515), Clara Peeters (1594), Eric Walter Elst (1936), and Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant (1859).

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Among COMPOSERS In Belgium

Among composers born in Belgium, Pierre De Geyter ranks 11. Before him are Jacob Obrecht (1457), Adrian Willaert (1490), Eugène Ysaÿe (1858), André Grétry (1741), Gilles Binchois (1400), and Henri Vieuxtemps (1820). After him are Heinrich Isaac (1450), Cipriano de Rore (1515), Jacques Arcadelt (1507), Alexander Agricola (1446), Johannes Tinctoris (1435), and Pierre de la Rue (1460).

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