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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 957,614 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia. William Byrd is the 204th most popular composer (down from 184th in 2019), the 637th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 559th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Composer.

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

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  • 960k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, William Byrd ranks 204 out of 1,216. Before him are Francesco Landini, Karol Szymanowski, Umberto Giordano, Francesca Caccini, Andrea Gabrieli, and Reinhold Glière. After him are Eugène Ysaÿe, Alessandro Marcello, Francis Lai, Jerry Goldsmith, Antonio Caldara, and Henri Vieuxtemps.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1543, William Byrd ranks 2. Before him is Domenico Fontana. After him are 3rd Dalai Lama, Charles III, Duke of Lorraine, Sharafkhan Bidlisi, Claudio Acquaviva, John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern, Kanō Eitoku, Michele Ruggieri, Giovanni Bembo, Christine of Hesse, and Giovanni de' Medici. Among people deceased in 1623, William Byrd ranks 6. Before him are Pope Gregory XV, Halime Sultan, Tulsidas, Anne Hathaway, and Josaphat Kuntsevych. After him are Mariam-uz-Zamani, Domenico Fetti, Kara Davud Pasha, Uesugi Kagekatsu, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon, and John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Byrd ranks 637 out of 7,765. Before him are Julie Walters (1950), Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1484), Jane Seymour (1951), Thomas Bayes (1702), John Henry Newman (1801), and Bruce Dickinson (1958). After him are Tim Curry (1946), Philippa of England (1394), Rachel Weisz (1970), Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet (1892), Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (1868), and John Surtees (1934).

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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), Gustav Holst (1874), and John Barry (1933). After him are Thomas Tallis (1502), Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948), Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872), Keith Emerson (1944), Eugen d'Albert (1864), and John Dunstaple (1390).

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