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Péter Eötvös

1944 - 2024

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Péter Eötvös (Hungarian: Eötvös Péter, pronounced [ˈøtvøʃ ˈpeːtɛr]; 2 January 1944 – 24 March 2024) was a Hungarian composer, conductor and academic teacher. After studies of composition in Budapest and Cologne, Eötvös composed film music in Hungary from 1962. He played with the Stockhausen Ensemble between 1968 and 1976. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Péter Eötvös has received more than 140,873 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Péter Eötvös is the 656th most popular composer (up from 760th in 2019), the 168th most popular biography from Romania (up from 194th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Romanian Composer.

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  • 140k

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  • 60.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Péter Eötvös ranks 656 out of 1,451. Before him are Boris Blacher, Ferdinand Hérold, Alexander Gretchaninov, Charles Lecocq, Sergei Bortkiewicz, and Heinz Holliger. After him are Sun Ra, Anton Schindler, Pietro Filippo Scarlatti, Oskar Merikanto, Johann Friedrich Agricola, and Jacob van Eyck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Péter Eötvös ranks 240. Before him are Phillip Allen Sharp, Abdul Fatah Younis, Tim Rice, Gabor Maté, Richard Leakey, and Ivica Račan. After him are Jim Abrahams, Donald Tsang, Louise Lake-Tack, Edgar Froese, Jean-Daniel Cadinot, and Francisco Sagasti. Among people deceased in 2024, Péter Eötvös ranks 154. Before him are Ali Hassan Mwinyi, Bennie Muller, Paul Di'Anno, Thomas P. Stafford, Louis Gossett Jr., and Alberto Colombo. After him are Jim Abrahams, Fritz Wepper, Josip Manolić, Christopher Priest, Francisco Jara, and William Labov.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Péter Eötvös ranks 168 out of 844. Before him are Mircea Cărtărescu (1956), Regalianus (250), Nicholas Alexander of Wallachia (null), Vasile Alecsandri (1821), Mihail Sebastian (1907), and Nicolae Grigorescu (1838). After him are Gheorghe Popescu (1967), Péter Pázmány (1570), Stephen Pongracz (1582), Julius Popper (1857), Adrian Mutu (1979), and Brunó Ferenc Straub (1914).

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Among COMPOSERS In Romania

Among composers born in Romania, Péter Eötvös ranks 9. Before him are George Enescu (1881), Iannis Xenakis (1922), Ion Ivanovici (1845), György Kurtág (1926), Vladimir Cosma (1940), and Bálint Bakfark (1507). After him are Sándor Veress (1907), and Sándor Végh (1912).

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