COMPOSER

Rudolf Friml

1879 - 1972

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Charles Rudolf Friml (December 7, 1879 – November 12, 1972) was a Czech-born composer of operettas, musicals, songs and piano pieces, as well as a pianist. After musical training and a brief performing career in his native Prague, Friml moved to the United States, where he became a composer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rudolf Friml has received more than 136,633 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Rudolf Friml is the 1,101st most popular composer (up from 1,156th in 2019), the 567th most popular biography from Czechia and the 55th most popular Czech Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

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  • 55.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Rudolf Friml ranks 1,101 out of 1,451. Before him are Arturo Márquez, Klaus Badelt, W. C. Handy, Abdylas Maldybaev, Rudolf Tobias, and Zygmunt Noskowski. After him are Kārlis Baumanis, Harry Partch, Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, Alexander Moyzes, Vilém Blodek, and Johann Nepomuk David.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Rudolf Friml ranks 168. Before him are Joseph Avenol, Rafael Erich, Jean Gilbert, Ethel Thomson Larcombe, Hermann Barrelet, and Émile Nelligan. After him are Will Rogers, Agnes Miegel, Grzegorz Fitelberg, Ernst Schultz, Agnes Arber, and Sara Allgood. Among people deceased in 1972, Rudolf Friml ranks 167. Before him are Arthur Russell, Cecil Day-Lewis, Jamini Roy, Mikhail Artamonov, Kenny Dorham, and Alfred Schmidt. After him are Alexander Bek, Reginald Owen, John Hutchinson, Charu Majumdar, Cynthia Spencer, Countess Spencer, and Carlo Agostoni.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Rudolf Friml ranks 567 out of 1,200. Before him are Helena Fibingerová (1949), Erich Srbek (1908), Anton Heida (1878), Jan Graubner (1948), Eduard Čech (1893), and Leo Slezak (1873). After him are Eliška Krásnohorská (1847), Helena Suková (1965), Ernst Falkbeer (1819), Antonín Vodička (1907), Adolf Šimperský (1909), and Vilém Blodek (1834).

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Among COMPOSERS In Czechia

Among composers born in Czechia, Rudolf Friml ranks 55. Before him are Ralph Benatzky (1884), August Wilhelm Ambros (1816), Andreas Hammerschmidt (1611), Petr Eben (1929), Jaromír Weinberger (1896), and František Škroup (1801). After him are Vilém Blodek (1834), Wenzel Müller (1767), Karel Husa (1921), Walter Susskind (1913), and Vladimír Franz (1959).

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