COMPOSER

Walter Piston

1894 - 1976

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Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Piston has received more than 171,523 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Walter Piston is the 969th most popular composer (up from 1,009th in 2019), the 4,772nd most popular biography from United States (up from 5,138th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular American Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Walter Piston ranks 969 out of 1,451. Before him are Henri Sauguet, Daniel Alomía Robles, Harry Gregson-Williams, Marvin Hamlisch, Attilio Ariosti, and Johann von Herbeck. After him are Nicolas Dalayrac, Harold Arlen, Édouard Deldevez, Ludwig Thuille, Girolamo Diruta, and Nicola Piovani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Walter Piston ranks 157. Before him are Ivan Papanin, Olive Thomas, Robert Menzies, Jean Rostand, Tibor Déry, and Berdi Kerbabayev. After him are Alfred Berger, José Bustamante y Rivero, Ernesto Ambrosini, James Thurber, Henry Daniell, and Vladimir Triandafillov. Among people deceased in 1976, Walter Piston ranks 139. Before him are Bertha Lutz, Pál Turán, Yukio Goto, Juan d'Arienzo, Jean Martinon, and Giorgio Ferrini. After him are Friedrich Schulz, Ritwik Ghatak, Haddon Sundblom, Lily Pons, Hidetsugu Yagi, and Gina Bachauer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Piston ranks 4,772 out of 20,380. Before him are Christopher Atkins (1961), Prodigy (1974), Charlie Haden (1937), Michael Moriarty (1941), Tim Kang (1973), and Thomas Jane (1969). After him are William Perry (1927), David Hedison (1927), Ted Nugent (1948), Winfield Scott Hancock (1824), Raymond Smith Dugan (1878), and Mira Sorvino (1967).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Walter Piston ranks 52. Before him are Meredith Monk (1942), David Del Tredici (1937), Cathy Berberian (1925), Elliott Carter (1908), William Christie (1944), and Marvin Hamlisch (1944). After him are Harold Arlen (1905), Michael Giacchino (1967), Kevin MacLeod (1972), Frederic Rzewski (1938), Peter H. Gilmore (1958), and Leonard Rosenman (1924).

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