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Tansen

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Rāmtanu (c. 1493 – 26 April 1589), popularly referred to as Mian Tānsen (lit. 'the Learned One'), or Sangeet Samrāt (lit. 'Emperor of Hindustani Music'), was a Hindustani classical musician. Born into a Hindu Gaur Brahmin family in Gwalior, he learnt and perfected his art in the northwest region of modern Madhya Pradesh. He began his career and spent most of his adult life in the court and patronage of the Hindu king of Rewa, Raja Ramchandra Singh (r. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tansen has received more than 1,979,745 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Tansen is the 458th most popular musician (down from 446th in 2019), the 248th most popular biography from India (down from 225th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Indian Musician.

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Tansen ranks 458 out of 3,175. Before him are Marco Hietala, Ralf Hütter, Bud Powell, Janick Gers, Jan Hammer, and Serj Tankian. After him are Aarre Merikanto, Rezső Seress, Vince Clarke, Salvatore Accardo, Jeff Lynne, and Richie Sambora.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1493, Tansen ranks 8. Before him are Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha, Maximilian Sforza, William IV, Duke of Bavaria, Anne de Montmorency, Sten Sture the Younger, and Olaus Petri. After him are Clarice de' Medici, Nicolaus Olahus, Eleonora Gonzaga, Duchess of Urbino, Yamamoto Kansuke, George I, Duke of Pomerania, and Justus Jonas. Among people deceased in 1493, Tansen ranks 4. Before him are Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, Topa Inca Yupanqui, and Martín Alonso Pinzón. After him is Eleanor of Naples, Duchess of Ferrara.

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In India

Among people born in India, Tansen ranks 248 out of 1,861. Before him are Shantanu (null), Surdas (1478), Mir Jafar (1691), Liaquat Ali Khan (1895), Anandi Gopal Joshi (1865), and Abdul-Qādir Bedil (1642). After him are Motilal Nehru (1861), Jayalalithaa (1948), Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913), Bal Thackeray (1926), Chandrakirti (600), and Sanghamitta (-281).

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Among MUSICIANS In India

Among musicians born in India, Tansen ranks 6. Before him are Amir Khusrow (1253), Pete Best (1941), Cliff Richard (1940), Ravi Shankar (1920), and Ram Narayan (1927). After him are Bismillah Khan (1916), Ilaiyaraaja (1943), Barry Hay (1948), Hariprasad Chaurasia (1938), Christian Zacharias (1950), and Trilok Gurtu (1951).

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