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Cathy Berberian

1925 - 1983

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Catherine Anahid Berberian (July 4, 1925 – March 6, 1983) was an American mezzo-soprano and composer based in Italy. She worked closely with many contemporary avant-garde music composers, including Luciano Berio, Bruno Maderna, John Cage, Henri Pousseur, Sylvano Bussotti, Darius Milhaud, Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, and Igor Stravinsky. She also interpreted works by Claudio Monteverdi, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Kurt Weill, Philipp zu Eulenburg and others. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cathy Berberian has received more than 166,299 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 17 in 2019). Cathy Berberian is the 904th most popular composer (down from 867th in 2019), the 4,380th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,219th in 2019) and the 48th most popular American Composer.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.92

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  • 1.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Cathy Berberian ranks 904 out of 1,451. Before her are Václav Tomášek, Tan Dun, Giaches de Wert, Anton Stamitz, Hans von Koessler, and Antonio Bertali. After her are Alberto Franchetti, Nobuo Uematsu, Maximilian Steinberg, Johann Jacob Bach, Lev Knipper, and Ary Barroso.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Cathy Berberian ranks 227. Before her are Francisco Álvarez Martínez, Prosper Grech, Robert Jonquet, Pierre Mondy, Ignacio López Tarso, and Claude Pinoteau. After her are Jacques Sernas, Olle Hellbom, Louis Nirenberg, Eva Klein, John Tate, and Doris Roberts. Among people deceased in 1983, Cathy Berberian ranks 125. Before her are Paolo Pedretti, John Williams, Michel Micombero, Corrie ten Boom, Romain Maes, and Gabrielle Roy. After her are José Iraragorri, Musine Kokalari, Herman Kahn, Norman Holter, Nichita Stănescu, and Mykola Bazhan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Cathy Berberian ranks 4,380 out of 20,380. Before her are Wilson Bentley (1865), Charlie Christian (1916), Jon Cryer (1965), Booker T. Washington (1856), Helen Levitt (1913), and Eileen Brennan (1932). After her are Donald "Duck" Dunn (1941), Roy Thinnes (1938), Betty Mahmoody (1945), Jerry Hall (1956), Joseph Cornell (1903), and Lena Horne (1917).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Cathy Berberian ranks 48. Before her are Lee Konitz (1927), Thomas Newman (1955), George Crumb (1929), Edward MacDowell (1860), Meredith Monk (1942), and David Del Tredici (1937). After her are Elliott Carter (1908), William Christie (1944), Marvin Hamlisch (1944), Walter Piston (1894), Harold Arlen (1905), and Michael Giacchino (1967).

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