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Christopher Hogwood

1941 - 2014

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Christopher Jarvis Haley Hogwood (10 September 1941 – 24 September 2014) was an English conductor, harpsichordist, and musicologist. Founder of the early music ensemble the Academy of Ancient Music, he was an authority on historically informed performance and a leading figure in the early music revival of the late 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christopher Hogwood is the 151st most popular composer (up from 1,031st in 2019), the 516th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,930th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Christopher Hogwood ranks 151 out of 1,451. Before him are Johannes Ockeghem, Gregorio Allegri, Alfred Newman, Darius Milhaud, Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, and Paul Dukas. After him are Marin Marais, Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, François-Joseph Gossec, Léonin, Ottorino Respighi, and George Enescu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Christopher Hogwood ranks 40. Before him are Nick Nolte, Jon Lord, Tadao Ando, Flórián Albert, Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, and Ahmet Necdet Sezer. After him are Ivan Gašparovič, Jules A. Hoffmann, Michael D. Higgins, Theodor W. Hänsch, Charlie Watts, and David Johnston. Among people deceased in 2014, Christopher Hogwood ranks 26. Before him are Jacques Le Goff, Robert A. Dahl, Martin Lewis Perl, Virna Lisi, Queen Fabiola of Belgium, and Alain Resnais. After him are Maya Angelou, Richard Attenborough, Gary Becker, Jack Brabham, Bob Hoskins, and Pete Seeger.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Christopher Hogwood ranks 516 out of 8,785. Before him are Robert Walpole (1676), Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900), John Wesley (1703), William Pitt the Younger (1759), James I of Scotland (1394), and Glenn Hughes (1951). After him are John Michell (1724), Colin Firth (1960), Alan Parker (1944), Frederick Forsyth (1938), Richard Hughes (1975), and Richard Owen (1804).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Christopher Hogwood ranks 5. Before him are Edward Elgar (1857), Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948), Henry Purcell (1659), and Benjamin Britten (1913). After him are William Byrd (1543), Gustav Holst (1874), John Barry (1933), Eugen d'Albert (1864), Thomas Tallis (1502), Keith Emerson (1944), and Michael Nyman (1944).

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