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William Boyce

1711 - 1779

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William Boyce (baptised 11 September 1711 – 7 February 1779) was an English composer and organist. Like Beethoven later on, he became deaf but continued to compose. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Boyce has received more than 23,330 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. William Boyce is the 616th most popular composer (down from 371st in 2019), the 1,762nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,108th in 2019) and the 24th most popular British Composer.

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  • 23k

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  • 54.12

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, William Boyce ranks 616 out of 1,216Before him are Antoine François Marmontel, Basil Poledouris, Andreas Werckmeister, Johann Kirnberger, Franz Abt, and Pasquale Anfossi. After him are Felip Pedrell, Francesco Canova da Milano, Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Claude Goudimel, Ciprian Porumbescu, and Léon Boëllmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1711, William Boyce ranks 14Before him are Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine, Ablai Khan, Georg Wilhelm Richmann, and Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg. After him are Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Thomas Wright, Princess Amelia of Great Britain, and Ignaz Holzbauer. Among people deceased in 1779, William Boyce ranks 11Before him are Thomas Chippendale, Karim Khan Zand, John Kay, Casimir Pulaski, David Garrick, and Tommaso Traetta. After him are Louis de Jaucourt, Pehr Kalm, Alessandro Albani, Mohammad Ali Khan Zand, Claude Bourgelat, and Johannes Burman.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Boyce ranks 1,762 out of 7,765Before him are Robert Blake (1599), The Edge (1961), William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738), Anthony Dawson (1916), Nick Simper (1945), and Pasquale Anfossi (1727). After him are John Gould (1804), Evelyn Beatrice Hall (1868), Edith Tolkien (1889), George Whitefield (1714), Peter Capaldi (1958), and Jack W. Szostak (1952).

Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, William Boyce ranks 24Before him are Thomas Arne (1710), Jeremiah Clarke (1674), Ethel Smyth (1858), John Blow (1649), Orlando Gibbons (1583), and Pasquale Anfossi (1727). After him are Malcolm Arnold (1921), Arthur Sullivan (1842), John Taverner (1490), John Bull (1562), Frank Bridge (1879), and Rebecca Clarke (1886).