COMPOSER

Elliott Carter

1908 - 2012

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Elliott Cook Carter Jr. (December 11, 1908 – November 5, 2012) was an American modernist composer. One of the most respected composers of the second half of the 20th century, he combined elements of European modernism and American "ultra-modernism" into a distinctive style with a personal harmonic and rhythmic language, after an early neoclassical phase. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elliott Carter has received more than 423,471 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Elliott Carter is the 912th most popular composer (down from 835th in 2019), the 4,475th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,047th in 2019) and the 49th most popular American Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 420k

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  • 51.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Elliott Carter ranks 912 out of 1,451. Before him are Nobuo Uematsu, Maximilian Steinberg, Johann Jacob Bach, Lev Knipper, Ary Barroso, and Carlo Rustichelli. After him are István Kertész, Silvestre Revueltas, Jan Kalivoda, François Francoeur, Akira Ifukube, and Gérard Grisey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Elliott Carter ranks 190. Before him are Boris Polevoy, Ștefan Barbu, Jean Effel, Edoardo Amaldi, Arthur O'Connell, and Doria Shafik. After him are Krystyna Skarbek, Erik Lundqvist, Sucheta Kriplani, Jacques Herbrand, Artem Alikhanian, and Gisèle Freund. Among people deceased in 2012, Elliott Carter ranks 193. Before him are Leonardo Favio, Kurt Adolff, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Maxim of Bulgaria, Sancho Gracia, and Ruggiero Ricci. After him are Adrienne Rich, Zakaria Mohieddin, Fiorenzo Magni, Luis Alberto Spinetta, Roald Aas, and Jon Finch.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elliott Carter ranks 4,475 out of 20,380. Before him are Jonathan Littell (1967), Charles F. Brush (1849), Jeff Lindsay (1952), Elizabeth Olsen (1989), Billy Herrington (1969), and Sienna Miller (1981). After him are Barry Dennen (1938), Taj Mahal (1942), Samuel T. Cohen (1921), Shirley Horn (1934), Berry Berenson (1948), and Donald Byrd (1932).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Elliott Carter ranks 49. Before him are Thomas Newman (1955), George Crumb (1929), Edward MacDowell (1860), Meredith Monk (1942), David Del Tredici (1937), and Cathy Berberian (1925). After him are William Christie (1944), Marvin Hamlisch (1944), Walter Piston (1894), Harold Arlen (1905), Michael Giacchino (1967), and Kevin MacLeod (1972).

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