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John Stainer

1840 - 1901

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Sir John Stainer (6 June 1840 – 31 March 1901) was an English composer and organist whose music, though seldom performed today (with the exception of The Crucifixion, still heard at Passiontide in some Anglican churches), was very popular during his lifetime. His work as choir trainer and organist set standards for Anglican church music that are still influential. He was also active as an academic, becoming Heather Professor of Music at Oxford. Stainer was born in Southwark, London, in 1840, the son of a schoolmaster. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Stainer is the 1,369th most popular composer (down from 1,356th in 2019), the 5,643rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,127th in 2019) and the 89th most popular British Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, John Stainer ranks 1,369 out of 1,451. Before him are Eubie Blake, Christian Wolff, George Perle, Samuel Adler, Hans Abrahamsen, and Angus MacLise. After him are Ray Noble, Fred Ebb, Vladimir Jurowski, Stephen Warbeck, Lennox Berkeley, and Thomas Adès.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1840, John Stainer ranks 95. Before him are Simeon Solomon, Ghazaros Aghayan, Sophia Jex-Blake, Jakub Arbes, American Horse, and Isabella Stewart Gardner. After him is John Addington Symonds. Among people deceased in 1901, John Stainer ranks 97. Before him are Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio, Artur Hazelius, Charlotte Mary Yonge, Lorenzo Snow, Kliment of Tarnovo, and John Owen. After him is Walter Besant.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Stainer ranks 5,645 out of 8,785. Before him are Tommy Steele (1936), Prince Louis of Cambridge (2018), Charlotte Riley (1981), Stephen Lee (1974), Zuleikha Robinson (1977), and Howard Hodgkin (1932). After him are Andy Powell (1950), John Lombe (1693), Ann Packer (1942), Heather Mills (1968), John Addington Symonds (1840), and Maureen Gardner (1928).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, John Stainer ranks 89. Before him are Henry Lawes (1595), Edmund Rubbra (1901), Jocelyn Pook (1960), Anne Dudley (1956), Monty Norman (1928), and George Fenton (1950). After him are Ray Noble (1903), Stephen Warbeck (1953), Lennox Berkeley (1903), Thomas Adès (1971), Oliver Knussen (1952), and Alan Bush (1900).

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