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William Bolcom

1938 - Today

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William Elden Bolcom (born May 26, 1938) is an American composer and pianist. He has received the Pulitzer Prize, the National Medal of Arts, a Grammy Award, the Detroit Music Award and was named 2007 Composer of the Year by Musical America. He taught composition at the University of Michigan from 1973 until 2008. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Bolcom has received more than 233,501 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). William Bolcom is the 1,213th most popular composer (up from 1,274th in 2019), the 7,415th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,387th in 2019) and the 79th most popular American Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, William Bolcom ranks 1,213 out of 1,451. Before him are Mark Snow, Ivor Novello, Antón García Abril, Leonard Slatkin, Joonas Kokkonen, and Hiroyuki Sawano. After him are Peter Schickele, Fred Frith, Sanja Ilić, Havergal Brian, Alan Hovhaness, and Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, William Bolcom ranks 422. Before him are András Balczó, Nina Andreyeva, Sheila Dikshit, Hudson Austin, Jerry Rubin, and Marcel Artelesa. After him are Carlos Monsiváis, Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn, Halina Górecka, André Chorda, Yevgeny Nesterenko, and Duane Eddy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Bolcom ranks 7,415 out of 20,380. Before him are Steve Forrest (1925), Shea Whigham (1969), Debra Monk (1949), Walt Bellamy (1939), Betty Carter (1929), and Ramsey Lewis (1935). After him are Peter Schickele (1935), Sean Lennon (1975), Michael J. Anderson (1953), Joy Mangano (1956), Lewis Sheldon (1874), and Johnny Mercer (1909).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, William Bolcom ranks 79. Before him are Alf Clausen (1941), Brad Fiedel (1951), Marco Beltrami (1966), Pauline Oliveros (1932), Mark Snow (1946), and Leonard Slatkin (1944). After him are Peter Schickele (1935), Alan Hovhaness (1911), George Bruns (1914), Glenn Branca (1948), Elliot Goldenthal (1954), and Milton Babbitt (1916).

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