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Harrison Birtwistle, a Common card
Sir Harrison Birtwistle was an English composer of contemporary classical music best known for his operas, often based on mythological subjects.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 67
- Power
- 138
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 15,000
Power 138 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Harrison Birtwistle quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Harrison Birtwistle card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Even his ______ that were not written for the stage often showed a theatrical approach.
Answer
compositions. Even his compositions that were not written for the stage often showed a theatrical approach. From the Harrison Birtwistle article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The last of these was ranked by music critics at The Guardian in ____ as the third-best piece of the 21st century.
Answer
2010s. The last of these was ranked by music critics at The Guardian in 2019 as the third-best piece of the 21st century. From the Harrison Birtwistle article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Among his many compositions, his better known works include The Triumph of Time and the operas The Mask of Orpheus, Gawain, and The Minotaur.
- The last of these was ranked by music critics at The Guardian in 2019 as the third-best piece of the 21st century.
- Even his compositions that were not written for the stage often showed a theatrical approach.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Harrison Birtwistle article was read about 15,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 67: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get Harrison Birtwistle
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Harrison Birtwistle (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : MITO SettembreMusica, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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