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Stanley Myers

1930 - 1993

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Stanley Myers (6 October 1930 – 9 November 1993) was an English composer and conductor, who scored over sixty films and television series, working closely with filmmakers Nicolas Roeg, Jerzy Skolimowski and Volker Schlöndorff. He is best known for his guitar piece "Cavatina", composed for the 1970 film The Walking Stick and later used as the theme for The Deer Hunter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stanley Myers has received more than 276,171 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Stanley Myers is the 853rd most popular composer (down from 713th in 2019), the 2,358th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,022nd in 2019) and the 32nd most popular British Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Stanley Myers ranks 853 out of 1,216. Before him are Loyset Compère, Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský, Aribert Reimann, Selim Palmgren, Johann Gottlieb Naumann, and Gérard Grisey. After him are Moritz Hauptmann, Isabella Leonarda, Vatroslav Lisinski, Lee Konitz, Josip Runjanin, and Frederic Rzewski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Stanley Myers ranks 248. Before him are Paul Mazursky, Jean Vincent, Gastone Nencini, Norio Ohga, Boris Parygin, and Ilya Glazunov. After him are Frank Carlucci, Christian Tumi, Kalevi Sorsa, Donn F. Eisele, José Ramón Machado Ventura, and Julián Herranz Casado. Among people deceased in 1993, Stanley Myers ranks 114. Before him are Yulian Semyonov, Christian Metz, Ugo Locatelli, Wang Zhen, Pierre Victor Auger, and Erich Leinsdorf. After him are Cyril Cusack, Leo Löwenthal, Valentina Grizodubova, Reuben Fine, David Koresh, and Edward Bernard Raczyński.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Stanley Myers ranks 2,358 out of 7,765. Before him are Ford Madox Ford (1873), Luke Howard (1772), Alexander Dalrymple (1737), Ernest Bevin (1881), Burial (2000), and Patrick Magee (1922). After him are Ian Bannen (1928), Gerry Ashmore (1936), Harold Jeffreys (1891), Bridget Riley (1931), Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet (1772), and Dennis W. Sciama (1926).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Stanley Myers ranks 32. Before him are Arthur Sullivan (1842), John Taverner (1490), John Bull (1562), Frank Bridge (1879), Rebecca Clarke (1886), and Charles Burney (1726). After him are Arnold Bax (1883), John Tavener (1944), Matthew Locke (1621), Christopher Hogwood (1941), Richard Addinsell (1904), and Patrick Doyle (1953).

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