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Rebecca Clarke

1886 - 1979

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Rebecca Helferich Clarke (27 August 1886 – 13 October 1979) was a British classical composer and violist. Internationally renowned as a viola virtuoso, she also became one of the first female professional orchestral players in London. Rebecca Clarke had German and American parents, and spent substantial periods of her life in the United States, where she permanently settled after World War II. She was born in Harrow and studied at the Royal Academy of Music and Royal College of Music in London. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rebecca Clarke has received more than 11,280 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Rebecca Clarke is the 824th most popular composer (up from 999th in 2019), the 2,271st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,039th in 2019) and the 30th most popular British Composer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Rebecca Clarke ranks 824 out of 1,216. Before her are Andrzej Panufnik, Frank Bridge, Johann Jacob Bach, Claude Le Jeune, Henri Tomasi, and Juventino Rosas. After her are Ferenc Farkas, Erkki Melartin, Anton Stamitz, Alberto Iglesias, Udo Zimmermann, and Jerome Kern.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Rebecca Clarke ranks 139. Before her are H.D., Ernst May, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, Aloïse Corbaz, Anandyn Amar, and Felix Timmermans. After her are Stanisław Leśniewski, Delmira Agustini, Mohammad-Taqi Bahar, Dimitri Uznadze, Alexander Miasnikian, and Max Vasmer. Among people deceased in 1979, Rebecca Clarke ranks 120. Before her are George Seaton, Dirk Stikker, Vsevolod Bobrov, Princess Tatiana Constantinovna of Russia, Antun Augustinčić, and Agop Dilâçar. After her are Arno Schmidt, Kurt Jooss, Georges Florovsky, Antonio Caggiano, Leonid Bykov, and Ethel Smith.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Rebecca Clarke ranks 2,271 out of 7,765. Before her are Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757), Mary Anne MacLeod Trump (1912), Dodie Smith (1896), Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife (1891), Frederick Copleston (1907), and Felicity Jones (1983). After her are Cary Elwes (1962), Æthelheard of Wessex (750), John Leslie (1766), Tony Banks (1950), Richard Hammond (1969), and Lord Leopold Mountbatten (1889).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Rebecca Clarke ranks 30. Before her are William Boyce (1711), Malcolm Arnold (1921), Arthur Sullivan (1842), John Taverner (1490), John Bull (1562), and Frank Bridge (1879). After her are Charles Burney (1726), Stanley Myers (1930), Arnold Bax (1883), John Tavener (1944), Matthew Locke (1621), and Christopher Hogwood (1941).

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