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Stanley Sadie

1930 - 2005

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Stanley John Sadie (; 30 October 1930 – 21 March 2005) was a British musicologist, music critic, and editor. He was editor of the sixth edition of the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1980), which was published as the first edition of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Along with Thurston Dart, Nigel Fortune and Oliver Neighbour he was one of Britain's leading musicologists of the post-World War II generation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stanley Sadie is the 1,989th most popular musician (down from 1,901st in 2019), the 5,173rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,828th in 2019) and the 327th most popular British Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Stanley Sadie ranks 1,989 out of 3,175. Before him are Eddie Hazel, Brian Littrell, Allen Toussaint, Sami Vänskä, Clarence White, and Jonas Berggren. After him are Beatrice Ohanessian, Sam Jones, Adam Jones, Herbert Stothart, Billy Corgan, and Sheila Jordan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Stanley Sadie ranks 558. Before him are Marie Senghor Basse, Jean Forestier, Kauko Hänninen, Dolores Huerta, Ian Burgess, and George Fernandes. After him are Roberta Peters, Vladimir Ryzhkin, Aleksandar Matanović, Guillermo Díaz, Allan Williams, and Bertha Brouwer. Among people deceased in 2005, Stanley Sadie ranks 323. Before him are Juan Pedevilla, Sheree North, Spencer Dryden, Kazimierz Lipień, Lee Eun-ju, and Ernest Lehman. After him are M. Scott Peck, Long John Baldry, Peter Jennings, Keith Andes, Christopher Fry, and Robert Creeley.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Stanley Sadie ranks 5,175 out of 8,785. Before him are William Bell Scott (1811), Mike Hodges (1932), Dan Crenshaw (1984), Tom Bridger (1934), Simone Ashley (1995), and Samuel Plimsoll (1824). After him are Heather Angel (1909), David Hampshire (1917), Harriet Harman (1950), David Mitchell (1969), Paul Scott (1920), and Gina McKee (1964).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Stanley Sadie ranks 327. Before him are Rupert Holmes (1947), Richie Hawtin (1970), Jarvis Cocker (1963), Thomas Ravenscroft (1592), Dave Mason (1946), and Micky Moody (1950). After him are Neil Innes (1944), David Bedford (1937), Richey Edwards (1967), Keith Levene (1957), Mark King (1958), and Andy Fraser (1952).

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