COMPOSER

Pierre de la Rue

1460 - 1518

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Pierre de la Rue (c. 1452 – 20 November 1518) was a Franco-Flemish composer and singer of the Renaissance. His name also appears as Piersson or variants of Pierchon and his toponymic, when present, as various forms of de Platea, de Robore, or de Vico. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre de la Rue has received more than 91,568 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre de la Rue is the 451st most popular composer (down from 423rd in 2019), the 219th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 201st in 2019) and the 17th most popular Belgian Composer.

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  • 92k

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  • 57.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Pierre de la Rue ranks 451 out of 1,451. Before him are Miki Matsubara, Grock, Joseph Martin Kraus, Pēteris Vasks, Johann Ludwig Bach, and Leroy Anderson. After him are Moritz Moszkowski, Bernhard Crusell, Emilio de' Cavalieri, Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Christoph Graupner, and Johann Gottfried Walther.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1460, Pierre de la Rue ranks 16. Before him are Juan de la Cosa, Konstanty Ostrogski, Tilman Riemenschneider, Jacopo de' Barbari, Judah Leon Abravanel, and Geertgen tot Sint Jans. After him are Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Johannes Widmann, Pedro Navarro, Count of Oliveto, Georges d'Amboise, Duarte Pacheco Pereira, and Rodrigo de Bastidas. Among people deceased in 1518, Pierre de la Rue ranks 4. Before him are Kabir, Oruç Reis, and Vannozza dei Cattanei. After him are Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, William IX, Marquis of Montferrat, and Loyset Compère.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Pierre de la Rue ranks 219 out of 1,190. Before him are Begga (615), Johannes Tinctoris (1435), Henri de Baillet-Latour (1876), Adriaen van Utrecht (1599), Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (1522), and Barthélemy d'Eyck (1420). After him are Lutgardis (1182), Frans Hogenberg (1535), Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (1728), Ida of Lorraine (1040), Jean Absil (1893), and Philippe Thys (1889).

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Among COMPOSERS In Belgium

Among composers born in Belgium, Pierre de la Rue ranks 17. Before him are Pierre De Geyter (1848), Heinrich Isaac (1450), Cipriano de Rore (1515), Jacques Arcadelt (1507), Alexander Agricola (1446), and Johannes Tinctoris (1435). After him are Jean Absil (1893), Charles Auguste de Bériot (1802), Guillaume Lekeu (1870), François-Joseph Fétis (1784), Johannes Ciconia (1370), and Philippe Herreweghe (1947).

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