COMPOSER

William Byrd

1543 - 1623

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William Byrd (; c. 1540 – 4 July 1623) was an English Renaissance composer. Considered among the greatest composers of the Renaissance, he had a profound influence on composers both from his native country and on the Continent. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Byrd has received more than 987,066 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). William Byrd is the 233rd most popular composer (down from 204th in 2019), the 717th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 637th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Composer.

William Byrd is most famous for his composition, "My Lord, What a Morning."

Memorability Metrics

  • 990k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, William Byrd ranks 233 out of 1,451. Before him are John Field, Eduard Künneke, Giacomo Carissimi, Dmitry Bortniansky, Sofia Gubaidulina, and Luigi Nono. After him are Mykola Leontovych, Antonio Caldara, Stanisław Moniuszko, Benedetto Marcello, Charles-Marie Widor, and Johan Halvorsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1543, William Byrd ranks 3. Before him are Domenico Fontana, and 3rd Dalai Lama. After him are Charles III, Duke of Lorraine, Sharafkhan Bidlisi, Claudio Acquaviva, John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern, Christine of Hesse, Kanō Eitoku, Giovanni Bembo, Michele Ruggieri, and Giovanni de' Medici. Among people deceased in 1623, William Byrd ranks 7. Before him are Pope Gregory XV, Halime Sultan, Tulsidas, Anne Hathaway, Josaphat Kuntsevych, and Mariam-uz-Zamani. After him are Domenico Fetti, Kara Davud Pasha, Uesugi Kagekatsu, Paolo Sarpi, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon, and Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Byrd ranks 717 out of 8,785. Before him are Offa of Mercia (800), John Franklin (1786), John Cale (1942), James Macpherson (1736), John Paul Jones (1946), and George Darwin (1845). After him are Kenny Dalglish (1951), Emma, Lady Hamilton (1765), Charles Vane (1680), Matt Busby (1909), William Tyndale (1494), and John Cockcroft (1897).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, William Byrd ranks 6. Before him are Edward Elgar (1857), Henry Purcell (1659), Benjamin Britten (1913), John Barry (1933), and Gustav Holst (1874). After him are Keith Emerson (1944), Eugen d'Albert (1864), Thomas Tallis (1502), Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948), John Dunstaple (1390), and Michael Nyman (1944).

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