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Conlon Nancarrow

1912 - 1997

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Samuel Conlon Nancarrow (; October 27, 1912 – August 10, 1997) was an American-Mexican composer who lived and worked in Mexico for most of his life. Nancarrow is best remembered for his Studies for Player Piano, being one of the first composers to use auto-playing musical instruments, realizing their potential to play far beyond human performance ability. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Conlon Nancarrow has received more than 261,793 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Conlon Nancarrow is the 1,111th most popular composer (down from 1,036th in 2019), the 6,187th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,113th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular American Composer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Conlon Nancarrow ranks 1,111 out of 1,216. Before him are Henk Badings, Elza Ibrahimova, Luís de Freitas Branco, Arthur Benjamin, Errico Petrella, and Victor Massé. After him are Dario Marianelli, Ferde Grofé, Nicolas Slonimsky, Jean-Joseph Mouret, Pauline Oliveros, and Gavin Bryars.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Conlon Nancarrow ranks 254. Before him are Alexandru Todea, Ben Hogan, Pietro Palazzini, Jaroslav Bouček, Ollie Johnston, and Otto Siffling. After him are Gyula Polgár, Daniel Mann, Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Leonardo Cilaurren, Horace W. Babcock, and Teuvo Aura. Among people deceased in 1997, Conlon Nancarrow ranks 199. Before him are Laurean Rugambwa, Jan P. Syse, Edmond Leburton, Marshall Applewhite, Ben Hogan, and Heikki Savolainen. After him are Dulce María Loynaz, Billie Dove, Luther Allison, Cheddi Jagan, Cyril Toumanoff, and Tony Zale.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Conlon Nancarrow ranks 6,187 out of 18,182. Before him are Robert B. Parker (1932), Louis Bromfield (1896), Samuel Berger (1884), Clifton Webb (1889), Alvin Sargent (1927), and Barbara Feldon (1933). After him are Harley Race (1943), Scott Brady (1924), Charlie Byrd (1925), Lola Falana (1942), Richard Posner (1939), and Maryanne Trump Barry (1937).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Conlon Nancarrow ranks 63. Before him are Michael Giacchino (1967), Morton Gould (1913), Roger Sessions (1896), William Christie (1944), Peter H. Gilmore (1958), and Carter Burwell (1954). After him are Ferde Grofé (1892), Pauline Oliveros (1932), Gunther Schuller (1925), Kevin MacLeod (1972), Glenn Branca (1948), and Elliot Goldenthal (1954).

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