COMPOSER

Richard Addinsell

1904 - 1977

Richard Addinsell

Richard Stewart Addinsell (13 January 1904 – 14 November 1977) was an English composer, best known for film music, primarily his Warsaw Concerto, composed for the 1941 film Dangerous Moonlight (also known under the later title Suicide Squadron). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Addinsell is the 1,051st most popular composer (down from 1,024th in 2019), the 3,292nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,909th in 2019) and the 48th most popular British Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Richard Addinsell ranks 1,051 out of 1,451. Before him are Alexander Moyzes, Harry Gregson-Williams, Rudolf Tobias, Akira Ifukube, Gavriil Popov, and Nicolas Dalayrac. After him are Francisco Mignone, Johann Theile, Frederick Loewe, Sylvano Bussotti, Karen Khachaturian, and Joseph Lamb.

Most Popular Composers in Wikipedia

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Alexander Moyzes
1906 - 1984
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 1,045
Harry Gregson-Williams
1961 - Present
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 1,046
Rudolf Tobias
1873 - 1918
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 1,047
Akira Ifukube
1914 - 2006
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 1,048
Gavriil Popov
1904 - 1972
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 1,049
Nicolas Dalayrac
1753 - 1809
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 1,050
Richard Addinsell
1904 - 1977
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 1,051
Francisco Mignone
1897 - 1986
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 1,052
Johann Theile
1646 - 1724
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 1,053
Frederick Loewe
1901 - 1988
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 1,054
Sylvano Bussotti
1931 - 2021
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 1,055
Karen Khachaturian
1920 - 2011
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 1,056
Joseph Lamb
1887 - 1960
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 1,057

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Richard Addinsell ranks 214. Before him are Jānis Daliņš, Kenneth Bainbridge, Ladislav Ženíšek, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Sven Thofelt, and Gavriil Popov. After him are Alfredo Brilhante da Costa, Alexander Gerschenkron, Fernando Lopez, Cecil Day-Lewis, Bozorg Alavi, and Alger Hiss. Among people deceased in 1977, Richard Addinsell ranks 167. Before him are José Perácio, Siegfried Buback, André Labatut, Gustave Gilbert, Philipp Etter, and Edward Van Dijck. After him are Antonino Rocca, Louis Clarke, Casimiro Torres, Kōichi Kido, Brian McGuire, and Vladimir Tributs.

Others Born in 1904

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Jānis Daliņš
ATHLETE
1904 - 1978
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 208
Kenneth Bainbridge
PHYSICIST
1904 - 1996
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 209
Ladislav Ženíšek
SOCCER PLAYER
1904 - 1985
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 210
Nnamdi Azikiwe
POLITICIAN
1904 - 1996
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 211
Sven Thofelt
ATHLETE
1904 - 1993
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 212
Gavriil Popov
COMPOSER
1904 - 1972
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 213
Richard Addinsell
COMPOSER
1904 - 1977
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 214
Alfredo Brilhante da Costa
SOCCER PLAYER
1904 - 1980
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 215
Alexander Gerschenkron
ECONOMIST
1904 - 1978
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 216
Fernando Lopez
POLITICIAN
1904 - 1993
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 217
Cecil Day-Lewis
WRITER
1904 - 1972
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 218
Bozorg Alavi
WRITER
1904 - 1997
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 219
Alger Hiss
POLITICIAN
1904 - 1996
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 220