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Alan Hovhaness

1911 - 2000

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Alan Hovhaness (; March 8, 1911 – June 21, 2000) was an American composer of Armenian ancestry. He was one of the most prolific 20th-century composers, with his official catalog comprising 67 numbered symphonies (surviving manuscripts indicate over 70) and 434 opus numbers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Hovhaness has received more than 323,731 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Hovhaness is the 1,150th most popular composer (down from 1,003rd in 2019), the 6,848th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,683rd in 2019) and the 73rd most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Alan Hovhaness ranks 1,150 out of 1,216. Before him are Thomas Morley, Bruno Coulais, Emilio Arrieta, Paul Whiteman, Manolis Kalomiris, and Tadeusz Baird. After him are Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson, Hans Gál, Paul Williams, Havergal Brian, Vladimir Shainsky, and Emil Paur.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Alan Hovhaness ranks 249. Before him are Maurice Goldhaber, Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, José Muguerza, Constantin Stanciu, José Augusto Brandão, and Ekrem Akurgal. After him are Bob Kiesel, Luís Mesquita de Oliveira, Rudolf Raftl, Álvaro Cunqueiro, Kurt Maetzig, and Martim Mércio da Silveira. Among people deceased in 2000, Alan Hovhaness ranks 210. Before him are Charles F. Hockett, Carlo Parola, Billy Barty, Göran Tunström, Corneliu Mănescu, and Egon Jönsson. After him are Nat Adderley, Alfred Bohrmann, Vladimir Bagirov, Arcadio López, Jacques Laurent, and Mark Oliphant.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alan Hovhaness ranks 6,848 out of 18,182. Before him are Dave Cowens (1948), Giuseppe Enrici (1896), Gary Lockwood (1937), Art Buchwald (1925), John Schneider (1960), and Rebecca Miller (1962). After him are Stephen Hunter (1946), Randy Johnson (1963), Larry McMurtry (1936), William Stevenson (1900), Norman Joseph Woodland (1921), and Mildred Gillars (1900).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Alan Hovhaness ranks 73. Before him are Kevin MacLeod (1972), Glenn Branca (1948), Elliot Goldenthal (1954), John Corigliano (1938), Leonard Rosenman (1924), and Paul Whiteman (1890). After him are Paul Williams (1940), Leonard Slatkin (1944), William Schuman (1910), Milton Babbitt (1916), Mark Snow (1946), and David Diamond (1915).

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