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Pierre Henry

1927 - 2017

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Pierre Georges Albert François Henry (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ ɑ̃ʁi]; 9 December 1927 – 5 July 2017) was a French composer and pioneer of musique concrète. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Henry has received more than 236,953 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Henry is the 559th most popular composer (down from 471st in 2019), the 2,286th most popular biography from France (down from 1,948th in 2019) and the 81st most popular French Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 240k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Pierre Henry ranks 559 out of 1,216. Before him are Fredrik Pacius, Carmine Coppola, Johann David Heinichen, Jonathan Larson, Arno Babajanian, and Chevalier de Saint-Georges. After him are Riccardo Drigo, Bálint Bakfark, Aloysia Weber, Antonio Maria Abbatini, Pancho Vladigerov, and François Devienne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Pierre Henry ranks 115. Before him are Allan Kaprow, Zbigniew Cybulski, Gordon Cooper, Andy Williams, Josy Barthel, and Nguyễn Khánh. After him are Mikhail Ulyanov, Óscar Míguez, Allen Newell, Colin Davis, William Labov, and Raymond Chow. Among people deceased in 2017, Pierre Henry ranks 126. Before him are Robert Miles, Jerry Fodor, Jean d'Ormesson, John Hillerman, Don Rickles, and Violet Brown. After him are Manuel Marín, Naim Süleymanoğlu, Omar Abdel-Rahman, Jiro Taniguchi, Todor Veselinović, and Ludmila Belousova.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Henry ranks 2,286 out of 6,011. Before him are Patrick Hernandez (1949), Henri Cochet (1901), Louis Armand I, Prince of Conti (1661), Herleva (1003), Margaret of Burgundy, Duchess of Bavaria (1374), and Jean Lafitte (1776). After him are Jacques Amyot (1513), Honoré d'Urfé (1567), Saint Martial (300), Victorine Meurent (1844), Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval (1851), and Violette Leduc (1907).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Pierre Henry ranks 81. Before him are Hervé (1825), Edgard Varèse (1883), Jean Françaix (1912), Alexandre Guilmant (1837), Gabriel Pierné (1863), and Louis Couperin (1626). After him are François Devienne (1759), Jehan Alain (1911), Alexandre Desplat (1961), Jean-François Le Sueur (1760), Jacques-Martin Hotteterre (1673), and George Onslow (1784).

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