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Charles Tomlinson Griffes

1884 - 1920

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Charles Tomlinson Griffes (US: GRIFF-fiss; September 17, 1884 – April 8, 1920) was an American composer for piano, chamber ensembles and voice. His initial works are influenced by German Romanticism, but after he relinquished the German style, his later works make him the most famous American representative of musical Impressionism, along with Charles Martin Loeffler. He was fascinated by the exotic, mysterious sound of the French Impressionists, and was compositionally much influenced by them while he was in Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Tomlinson Griffes has received more than 105,139 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Charles Tomlinson Griffes is the 1,386th most popular composer (down from 1,276th in 2019), the 12,450th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,406th in 2019) and the 129th most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Charles Tomlinson Griffes ranks 1,386 out of 1,451. Before him are David Newman, Jimmy McHugh, Joseph Lamb, Don Davis, Ray Noble, and Olga Neuwirth. After him are George Whitefield Chadwick, Charles Wuorinen, William Grant Still, Lera Auerbach, Erik Mongrain, and Frank Loesser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Charles Tomlinson Griffes ranks 252. Before him are Calvin Bricker, Fred Yates, James Rector, Alexander Bustamante, Peter Fraser, and Carlyle Blackwell. After him are David Curtiss Munson, Lew Cody, John Francis Dillon, Norman Thomas, Charles Winninger, and Sandy Turnbull. Among people deceased in 1920, Charles Tomlinson Griffes ranks 134. Before him are Pavel Shternberg, Walter W. Winans, Charles Lapworth, Paul Gustav Heinrich Bachmann, Samuel Colman, and Terence MacSwiney. After him are Harry Solter, Mary Augusta Ward, and Louisa Lawson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Tomlinson Griffes ranks 12,450 out of 20,380. Before him are Dan O'Brien (1966), Francis James Child (1825), Jack Yerman (1939), Charlie Benante (1962), Georgia Engel (1948), and Matt Gerald (1970). After him are Virgil Hill (1964), Michael Irby (1972), Eric Wynalda (1969), Zachary Scott (1914), Lorenzo Wright (1926), and Richard Jeni (1957).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Charles Tomlinson Griffes ranks 129. Before him are Fred Ebb (1928), Norman Dello Joio (1913), David Newman (1954), Jimmy McHugh (1894), Joseph Lamb (1887), and Don Davis (1957). After him are George Whitefield Chadwick (1854), Charles Wuorinen (1938), William Grant Still (1895), Frank Loesser (1910), Robert Ashley (1930), and Justin Hurwitz (1985).

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