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Vagn Holmboe

1909 - 1996

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Vagn Gylding Holmboe (Danish pronunciation: [ˈvɑwˀn ˈhʌlmˌpoˀ], 20 December 1909 – 1 September 1996) was a Danish composer and teacher. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vagn Holmboe has received more than 69,679 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Vagn Holmboe is the 1,012th most popular composer (up from 1,047th in 2019), the 376th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 426th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Danish Composer.

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  • 70k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Vagn Holmboe ranks 1,012 out of 1,216. Before him are Yasushi Akutagawa, Hugo Distler, Johann Theile, Antoine Duhamel, Walter Piston, and Gottfried von Einem. After him are Jacopo da Bologna, Michael William Balfe, Ivan Galamian, Frank Churchill, Martin Wegelius, and Harry Partch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Vagn Holmboe ranks 198. Before him are Saul Alinsky, Shura Cherkassky, Arthur Machado, Irakli Abashidze, Phoumi Vongvichit, and Martin Lings. After him are Estella Agsteribbe, Đorđe Vujadinović, Christophe Soglo, Rodolphe Hiden, Juan Carreño, and Paco Bienzobas. Among people deceased in 1996, Vagn Holmboe ranks 169. Before him are Laurens van der Post, Alger Hiss, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Mikael Tariverdiev, Juan Hohberg, and Gottfried von Einem. After him are Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani, Reinhard Libuda, Joseph Asajiro Satowaki, George Burns, Pilar Lorengar, and Ennio de Giorgi.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Vagn Holmboe ranks 376 out of 893. Before him are Henry Hansen (1902), Emil Hartmann (1836), Gitte Hænning (1946), Holger Thiele (1878), Carl-Henning Pedersen (1913), and Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen (1872). After him are Thure Lindhardt (1974), Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup (1825), Anders Sandøe Ørsted (1778), Carl Theodor Zahle (1866), Greta Andersen (1927), and Peter Andreas Heiberg (1758).

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Among COMPOSERS In Denmark

Among composers born in Denmark, Vagn Holmboe ranks 8. Before him are Niels Gade (1817), Hans Christian Lumbye (1810), Rued Langgaard (1893), Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805), Per Nørgård (1932), and Emil Hartmann (1836). After him are Peter Arnold Heise (1830), Hans Abrahamsen (1952), Jesper Kyd (1972), Poul Ruders (1949), and Frederik Magle (1977).

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