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Richard Addinsell

1904 - 1977

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Richard Stewart Addinsell (13 January 1904 – 14 November 1977) was an English composer, best known for film music, primarily his Warsaw Concerto, composed for the 1941 film Dangerous Moonlight (also known under the later title Suicide Squadron). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Addinsell has received more than 179,037 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Addinsell is the 1,024th most popular composer (down from 930th in 2019), the 2,908th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,561st in 2019) and the 40th most popular British Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Richard Addinsell ranks 1,024 out of 1,451. Before him are Julius Reubke, Nikolai Roslavets, Lorenzo Perosi, Andreas Hammerschmidt, Yuri Shaporin, and Aulis Sallinen. After him are Karen Khachaturian, Robert Gerhard, Vasily Safonov, Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, Daniel Gottlob Türk, and Kevin MacLeod.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Richard Addinsell ranks 201. Before him are Kenneth Bainbridge, Grete Stern, Edgar G. Ulmer, Balys Dvarionas, Valentín González, and Lili Damita. After him are Bozorg Alavi, Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici, Shunryū Suzuki, Alger Hiss, J. R. D. Tata, and Jimmy McGrory. Among people deceased in 1977, Richard Addinsell ranks 149. Before him are Eugen Wüster, Ilia Vekua, Pascual Pérez, Rózsa Péter, Gustave Gilbert, and Jean Hagen. After him are Raymond Bernard, Matthew Garber, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Mwambutsa IV of Burundi, Alexander Galich, and Philipp Etter.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Addinsell ranks 2,908 out of 8,785. Before him are David Frost (1939), William Whiston (1667), Nat Lofthouse (1925), Steven Wilson (1967), David Murray (1909), and Edith Hannam (1878). After him are John Michael Wright (1617), Mick Jackson (1943), Paul Simonon (1955), Fay Weldon (1931), Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge (1868), and John Pell (1611).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Richard Addinsell ranks 40. Before him are John Tavener (1944), Matthew Locke (1621), John Rutter (1945), Hamilton Harty (1879), Rebecca Clarke (1886), and Brian Ferneyhough (1943). After him are Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892), Christopher Hogwood (1941), Hubert Parry (1848), Patrick Doyle (1953), York Bowen (1884), and William Lawes (1602).

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