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Louis Andriessen, a Common card
Louis Joseph Andriessen was a Dutch composer, pianist and academic teacher.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 76
- Power
- 150
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 12,000
Power 150 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Louis Andriessen quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Louis Andriessen card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Considered the most influential Dutch composer of his generation, he was a central proponent of The Hague school of ______.
Answer
composition. Considered the most influential Dutch composer of his generation, he was a central proponent of The Hague school of composition. From the Louis Andriessen article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Maurice Denis. Maurice Denis 20,000 · Gerda Lerner 16,000 · Louis Andriessen 12,000 · Vyacheslav Zaitsev 7,900 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- Considered the most influential Dutch composer of his generation, he was a central proponent of The Hague school of composition.
- Although his music was initially dominated by neoclassicism and serialism, his style gradually shifted to a synthesis of American minimalism, big band jazz and the expressionism of Igor Stravinsky.
- Born in Utrecht into a musical family, Andriessen studied composition under his father Hendrik Andriessen as well as Kees van Baaren and Luciano Berio.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Louis Andriessen article was read about 12,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 76: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get Louis Andriessen
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Louis Andriessen (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Rob Croes for Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
