712 BC - 645 BC
Terpander (Greek: Τέρπανδρος Terpandros), of Antissa in Lesbos, was a Greek poet and citharede who lived about the first half of the 7th century BC. He was the father of Greek music and through it, of lyric poetry, although his own poetical compositions were few and in extremely simple rhythms. He simplified rules of the modes of singing of other neighboring countries and islands and formed, out of these syncopated variants, a conceptual system. Though endowed with an inventive mind, and the commencer of a new era of music, he attempted no more than to systematize the musical styles that existed in the music of Greece and Anatolia. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Terpander has received more than 49,094 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Terpander is the 298th most popular musician (up from 1,366th in 2019), the 307th most popular biography from Greece (down from 304th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Greek Musician.
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Among musicians, Terpander ranks 298 out of 2,662. Before him are PJ Harvey, Manu Dibango, Stig Anderson, Joe Jackson, Yngwie Malmsteen, and Fela Kuti. After him are Count Basie, Lisa Gerrard, Glenn Frey, Chico Buarque, Moby, and Avril Lavigne.
1969 - Present
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 292
1933 - 2020
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 293
1931 - 1997
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 294
1928 - 2018
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 295
1963 - Present
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 296
1938 - 1997
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 297
712 BC - 645 BC
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 298
1904 - 1984
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 299
1961 - Present
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 300
1948 - 2016
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 301
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 302
1965 - Present
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 303
1984 - Present
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 304
Among people born in 712 BC, Terpander ranks 1. Among people deceased in 645 BC, Terpander ranks 3. Before him are Archilochus and Guan Zhong.
680 BC - 645 BC
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 1
720 BC - 645 BC
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 2
712 BC - 645 BC
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 3
Among people born in Greece, Terpander ranks 307 out of 936. Before him are Leonnatus (-356), Philip I of Macedon (-700), Agis III (-350), Menaechmus (-375), Alexios Komnenos (1106), and Laonikos Chalkokondyles (1423). After him are Diagoras of Melos (-450), Leonidas of Rhodes (-200), Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta (1904), Paeonius (-500), Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus (-200), and Campaspe (-400).
356 BC - 322 BC
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 301
700 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 302
350 BC - 331 BC
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 303
375 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 304
1106 - 1142
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 305
1423 - 1490
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 306
712 BC - 645 BC
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 307
450 BC - 450 BC
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 308
200 BC - 200 BC
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 309
1904 - 1974
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 310
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 311
200 BC - 91 BC
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 312
400 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 313
Among musicians born in Greece, Terpander ranks 2. Before him are Yanni (1954). After him are Tommy Lee (1962), Markos Vamvakaris (1905), Gina Bachauer (1913), Nikos Xilouris (1936), Leonidas Kavakos (1967), Steve Angello (1982), and Gus G (1980).
1954 - Present
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 1
712 BC - 645 BC
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 2
1962 - Present
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 3
1905 - 1972
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 4
1913 - 1976
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 5
1936 - 1980
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 6
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.09
Rank: 7
1982 - Present
HPI: 39.24
Rank: 8
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.45
Rank: 9