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Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

1867 - 1942

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Olof Wilhelm Peterson-Berger ( 27 February 1867, Ullånger — 3 December 1942, Östersund) was a Swedish composer and music critic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wilhelm Peterson-Berger has received more than 74,367 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Wilhelm Peterson-Berger is the 890th most popular composer (down from 870th in 2019), the 481st most popular biography from Sweden (down from 440th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Swedish Composer.

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  • 51.90

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Wilhelm Peterson-Berger ranks 890 out of 1,451. Before him are Giuseppe Martucci, Loyset Compère, Franz Tunder, Philippe Gaubert, Mateo Flecha, and Sándor Veress. After him are Gian Carlo Menotti, Henri Rabaud, Michele Carafa, Tigran Mansurian, Klaus Huber, and Paul Dessau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Wilhelm Peterson-Berger ranks 98. Before him are John Rogan, Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein, Arnold Bennett, George Andrew Reisner, Max Jakob Friedländer, and Aleksandar Malinov. After him are Archduchess Maria Dorothea of Austria, Vera Yevstafievna Popova, Andrey Toshev, Flora Finch, Tevfik Fikret, and Albert Bassermann. Among people deceased in 1942, Wilhelm Peterson-Berger ranks 134. Before him are Roberto Arlt, Kaarel Eenpalu, Jacques-Émile Blanche, Roberto María Ortiz, Otto Herschmann, and Vladimir Petlyakov. After him are Lev Nussimbaum, Gabriel Terra, Charlie Christian, Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, Nikola Vaptsarov, and Alberto Franchetti.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Wilhelm Peterson-Berger ranks 481 out of 1,879. Before him are Leif G. W. Persson (1945), Anders Dahl (1751), Åse Kleveland (1949), Christer Pettersson (1947), Gunilla Bergström (1942), and Vilgot Sjöman (1924). After him are Ulla Jacobsson (1929), Arvid Posse (1820), Sven Wollter (1934), Karl Staaf (1881), Magnus, Duke of Östergötland (1542), and August Nilsson (1872).

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Among COMPOSERS In Sweden

Among composers born in Sweden, Wilhelm Peterson-Berger ranks 8. Before him are Hugo Alfvén (1872), Princess Cecilia of Sweden (1807), Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871), Kurt Atterberg (1887), Johan Helmich Roman (1694), and Allan Pettersson (1911). After him are Lars-Erik Larsson (1908), Ludvig Norman (1831), Ture Rangström (1884), Einar Englund (1916), and Eddie Meduza (1948).

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