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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 279,381 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Conlon Nancarrow is the 1,166th most popular composer (down from 1,109th in 2019), the 6,865th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,174th in 2019) and the 71st most popular American Composer.

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  • 280k

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  • 54.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Conlon Nancarrow ranks 1,166 out of 1,451. Before him are Vano Muradeli, Jean-Joseph Mouret, Jonathan Larson, Dario Marianelli, John Corigliano, and Arthur Benjamin. After him are William Schuman, Francisco Mignone, Jeanne Demessieux, Alf Clausen, Kōsaku Yamada, and Michel Colombier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Conlon Nancarrow ranks 289. Before him are Alfred Aston, Nelly Diener, Silviu Bindea, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Carmen Barth, and Juan Antonio Ipiña. After him are Hideo Itokawa, Horace W. Babcock, Bill Roberts, František Šterc, Wálter Guevara, and Connie Sawyer. Among people deceased in 1997, Conlon Nancarrow ranks 226. Before him are Erich Eliskases, Willy den Ouden, Voldemar Väli, Walter Behrendt, Dulce María Loynaz, and Eugène Guillevic. After him are Chūhei Nambu, Billie Dove, Zdeněk Mlynář, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem, Luigi Cantone, and Jean Dréville.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Conlon Nancarrow ranks 6,865 out of 20,380. Before him are Lee Meriwether (1935), Vernon A. Walters (1917), Mary Beth Hurt (1946), Casey Kasem (1932), Bainbridge Colby (1869), and Hope Davis (1964). After him are William Colby (1920), Louis McLane (1786), Phyllis Diller (1917), William Schuman (1910), Dove Cameron (1996), and Mark Lanegan (1964).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Conlon Nancarrow ranks 71. Before him are Frank Churchill (1901), Gunther Schuller (1925), Leigh Harline (1907), Paul Whiteman (1890), Jonathan Larson (1960), and John Corigliano (1938). After him are William Schuman (1910), Alf Clausen (1941), Brad Fiedel (1951), Marco Beltrami (1966), Pauline Oliveros (1932), and Mark Snow (1946).

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