COMPOSER

Simeon ten Holt

1923 - 2012

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Simeon ten Holt (24 January 1923 – 25 November 2012) was a Dutch contemporary classical composer. Ten Holt was born in Bergen, North Holland, and studied with Jakob van Domselaer, eventually developing a highly personal style of minimal composition. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Simeon ten Holt has received more than 84,698 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Simeon ten Holt is the 830th most popular composer (up from 945th in 2019), the 517th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 524th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Dutch Composer.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Simeon ten Holt ranks 830 out of 1,451. Before him are John Taverner, Käbi Laretei, Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Vincent Lübeck, Alfred Bruneau, and Selim Palmgren. After him are Ferenc Farkas, Muslim Magomayev, Princess Amalie of Saxony, Salvatore Sciarrino, Nikos Skalkottas, and George Crumb.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Simeon ten Holt ranks 188. Before him are Anita Björk, Sam Phillips, René Favaloro, Octavio Lepage, Václav Ježek, and Sam Francis. After him are Norberto Méndez, Valentin Varennikov, José Giovanni, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Stanisław Skrowaczewski, and Savka Dabčević-Kučar. Among people deceased in 2012, Simeon ten Holt ranks 171. Before him are Ignatius Moses I Daoud, Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen, Vitaly Vorotnikov, Friedrich Hirzebruch, Pierre Sinibaldi, and Rashidi Yekini. After him are Avraham Adan, Roy Salvadori, Genichi Taguchi, Carlo Rambaldi, Jack Klugman, and Christian Marin.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Simeon ten Holt ranks 517 out of 1,646. Before him are Gerbrand van den Eeckhout (1621), Roméo Dallaire (1946), Jacob Israël de Haan (1881), Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde (1873), Sigrid Kaag (1961), and Carice van Houten (1976). After him are Adriaen Coorte (1665), Sjoukje Dijkstra (1942), Ernesto Hoost (1965), Wiel Coerver (1924), Kees Rijvers (1926), and Balthasar Bekker (1634).

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Among COMPOSERS In Netherlands

Among composers born in Netherlands, Simeon ten Holt ranks 9. Before him are Johann Adam Reincken (1643), Gustav Leonhardt (1928), Willem Mengelberg (1871), Jacob Clemens non Papa (1510), Jacob van Eyck (1590), and Louis Andriessen (1939). After him are Junkie XL (1967), Anthony van Hoboken (1887), and Michel van der Aa (1970).

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