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Rikard Nordraak

1842 - 1866

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Rikard Nordraak (12 June 1842 – 20 March 1866) was a Norwegian composer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rikard Nordraak has received more than 64,034 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Rikard Nordraak is the 573rd most popular composer (up from 577th in 2019), the 118th most popular biography from Norway (down from 116th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Norwegian Composer.

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  • 64k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Rikard Nordraak ranks 573 out of 1,451. Before him are Ferdinando Paer, Tommaso Traetta, Neville Marriner, Franz Doppler, Wilhelm Stenhammar, and Fikret Amirov. After him are Hermann Levi, Gabriel Pierné, Thomas Arne, Georg Joseph Vogler, Julius Benedict, and Tielman Susato.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1842, Rikard Nordraak ranks 46. Before him are Alexandre Ribot, Charles Cros, Catherine Eddowes, Maria Konopnicka, Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia, and François Coppée. After him are José-Maria de Heredia, Ernest, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Carl Zeller, Mahadev Govind Ranade, Eloy Alfaro, and Maurice Rouvier. Among people deceased in 1866, Rikard Nordraak ranks 15. Before him are Chief Seattle, Philipp Franz von Siebold, Adolph Diesterweg, Friedrich Rückert, Paul Gavarni, and Thomas Hodgkin. After him are Winfield Scott, Alexander von Nordmann, Madame Clicquot Ponsardin, George Ord, Massimo d'Azeglio, and Nadezhda Durova.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Rikard Nordraak ranks 118 out of 1,039. Before him are Einar Thambarskelfir (980), Haakon II of Norway (1147), Ole Bull (1810), Jørgen Moe (1813), Kåre Willoch (1928), and Bjørn Dæhlie (1967). After him are Martin Vahl (1749), Jacob Tullin Thams (1898), Peter Nicolai Arbo (1831), Kjell Magne Bondevik (1947), Dagny Juel (1867), and Inge I of Norway (1135).

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Among COMPOSERS In Norway

Among composers born in Norway, Rikard Nordraak ranks 5. Before him are Edvard Grieg (1843), Johan Halvorsen (1864), Johan Svendsen (1840), and Christian Sinding (1856). After him are Harald Sæverud (1897), Knut Nystedt (1915), Halfdan Kjerulf (1815), Fartein Valen (1887), Geirr Tveitt (1908), Klaus Egge (1906), and Arne Nordheim (1931).

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