New games! PlayTrivia andBirthle.

COMPOSER

Spyridon Samaras

1861 - 1917

Photo of Spyridon Samaras

Icon of person Spyridon Samaras

Spyridon-Filiskos Samaras (also Spyros, Spiro Samára; Greek: Σπυρίδων Σαμάρας) (29 November [O.S. 17 November] 1861 – 7 April [O.S. 25 March] 1917) was a Greek composer particularly admired for his operas who was part of the generation of composers that heralded the works of Giacomo Puccini. His compositions were praised worldwide during his lifetime and he is arguably the most important composer of the Ionian School. He composed also the Olympic Hymn on lyrics of Kostis Palamas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Spyridon Samaras has received more than 64,565 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Spyridon Samaras is the 603rd most popular composer (down from 547th in 2019), the 433rd most popular biography from Greece (down from 409th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Greek Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 65k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Spyridon Samaras by language


Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Spyridon Samaras ranks 603 out of 1,216Before him are Tommaso Traetta, Adolf von Henselt, Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli, Luis de Pablo, Evald Aav, and Princess Maria Antonia Koháry. After him are Hermann Scherchen, Manos Hatzidakis, Jean Absil, Kurt Atterberg, Tikhon Khrennikov, and Alois Hába.

Most Popular Composers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Spyridon Samaras ranks 60Before him are Juhani Aho, Eduard, Duke of Anhalt, Madan Mohan Malaviya, Nellie Melba, Prince Friedrich of Saxe-Meiningen, and Morgan Robertson. After him are Edith Roosevelt, William Renshaw, Alexey Kaledin, Ivana Kobilca, Charlie Soong, and Constantin Prezan. Among people deceased in 1917, Spyridon Samaras ranks 48Before him are Boris Stürmer, Andrew Taylor Still, Eric Campbell, Ecaterina Teodoroiu, Édouard Drumont, and Eugène Grasset. After him are Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev, Manuel de Arriaga, Sarah Aaronsohn, Maksim Bahdanovič, Anton Haus, and Elizabeth Garrett Anderson.

Others Born in 1861

Go to all Rankings

Others Deceased in 1917

Go to all Rankings

In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Spyridon Samaras ranks 433 out of 936Before him are Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria (1954), Mentor of Rhodes (-380), Victorinus of Pettau (250), Dimitrios Loundras (1885), Georgios Karaiskakis (1780), and Hecataeus of Abdera (-400). After him are Manos Hatzidakis (1925), Nikolaos Plastiras (1883), Aristarchus of Thessalonica (5), Gylippus (-500), Dimitrios Ioannidis (1923), and Augustinos Kapodistrias (1778).

Among COMPOSERS In Greece

Among composers born in Greece, Spyridon Samaras ranks 4Before him are Mikis Theodorakis (1925), Vangelis (1943), and Eleni Karaindrou (1941). After him are Manos Hatzidakis (1925), Nikos Skalkottas (1904), and Nikolaos Mantzaros (1795).