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Wim Mertens

1953 - Today

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Wim Mertens (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɪˈmɛrtə(n)s]; born 14 May 1953) is a Flemish Belgian composer, countertenor vocalist, pianist, guitarist, and musicologist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wim Mertens has received more than 171,963 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Wim Mertens is the 694th most popular composer (up from 757th in 2019), the 336th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 380th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Belgian Composer.

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  • 170k

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  • 53.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Wim Mertens ranks 694 out of 1,216Before him are Nikolai Tcherepnin, Mieczysław Karłowicz, Aleksandra Pakhmutova, Rued Langgaard, Christian Cannabich, and Mélanie Bonis. After him are Krzysztof Komeda, Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann, Antoine Forqueray, František Brixi, Franz Lachner, and Veljo Tormis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Wim Mertens ranks 117Before him are Michael J. Sandel, Massimo Troisi, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Chaka Khan, Steve Bannon, and Teresa Orlowski. After him are Masami Kurumada, William Petersen, Tito Jackson, Annemarie Moser-Pröll, Stephen Paddock, and Sophie Calle.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Wim Mertens ranks 336 out of 1,019Before him are Jan Sanders van Hemessen (1500), Arnulf, Count of Holland (951), Firmin Lambot (1886), Prince Laurent of Belgium (1963), Stradanus (1523), and FM-2030 (1930). After him are Hélène Dutrieu (1877), Sigebert of Gembloux (1030), Jacques Tits (1930), François de Cuvilliés (1695), René Jacobs (1946), and Perkin Warbeck (1474).

Among COMPOSERS In Belgium

Among composers born in Belgium, Wim Mertens ranks 25Before him are Johannes Ciconia (1370), Philippe Herreweghe (1947), Guillaume Lekeu (1870), Jean Absil (1893), François-Joseph Fétis (1784), and Philippe de Monte (1521). After him are Joseph Jongen (1873), Giaches de Wert (1535), Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens (1823), Peter Benoit (1834), and Henri Pousseur (1929).

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