1908 - 2012
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 396,643 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 25 in 2019). Elliott Carter is the 836th most popular composer (down from 781st in 2019), the 4,058th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,798th in 2019) and the 46th most popular American Composer.
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Among composers, Elliott Carter ranks 836 out of 1,216. Before him are Jerome Kern, Ivan Larionov, Käbi Laretei, Claudin de Sermisy, Nikolai Zaremba, and Robert Volkmann. After him are Emil von Reznicek, Korla Awgust Kocor, La Monte Young, Nobuo Uematsu, Antonín Vranický, and Anthony van Hoboken.
1885 - 1945
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 830
1830 - 1889
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 831
1922 - 2014
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 832
1490 - 1562
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 833
1821 - 1879
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 834
1815 - 1883
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 835
1908 - 2012
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 836
1860 - 1945
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 837
1822 - 1904
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 838
1935 - Present
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 839
1959 - Present
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 840
1761 - 1820
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 841
1887 - 1983
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 842
Among people born in 1908, Elliott Carter ranks 160. Before him are Boris Polevoy, Bengt Strömgren, Luis Regueiro, Winston Graham, Leo Sternbach, and René Daumal. After him are Gideon Ståhlberg, Edoardo Amaldi, Olga Benário Prestes, Joseph Keilberth, Héctor Trujillo, and Peg Entwistle. Among people deceased in 2012, Elliott Carter ranks 173. Before him are Ann Rutherford, I. K. Gujral, Jiří Raška, Leonardo Favio, Vicar, and Georgi Lozanov. After him are Fiorenzo Magni, Boris Parygin, Celeste Holm, John Atta Mills, William Thurston, and John Hick.
1908 - 1981
HPI: 51.53
Rank: 154
1908 - 1987
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 155
1908 - 1995
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 156
1908 - 2003
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 157
1908 - 2005
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 158
1908 - 1944
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 159
1908 - 2012
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 160
1908 - 1967
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 161
1908 - 1989
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 162
1908 - 1942
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 163
1908 - 1968
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 164
1908 - 2002
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 165
1908 - 1932
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 166
1917 - 2012
HPI: 51.54
Rank: 167
1919 - 2012
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 168
1941 - 2012
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 169
1938 - 2012
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 170
1934 - 2012
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 171
1926 - 2012
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 172
1908 - 2012
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 173
1920 - 2012
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 174
1930 - 2012
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 175
1917 - 2012
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 176
1944 - 2012
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 177
1946 - 2012
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 178
1922 - 2012
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 179
Among people born in United States, Elliott Carter ranks 4,058 out of 18,182. Before him are Nile Rodgers (1952), William Forsythe (1949), Joseph Strauss (1870), Katherine Helmond (1929), John Tukey (1915), and Billy Blanks (1955). After him are Hope Lange (1933), Toni Braxton (1967), Walter Cunningham (1932), Howard Stern (1954), Tim Russ (1956), and Antonia Maury (1866).
1952 - Present
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 4,052
1949 - Present
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 4,053
1870 - 1938
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 4,054
1929 - 2019
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 4,055
1915 - 2000
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 4,056
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 4,057
1908 - 2012
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 4,058
1933 - 2003
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 4,059
1967 - Present
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 4,060
1932 - 2023
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 4,061
1954 - Present
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 4,062
1956 - Present
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 4,063
1866 - 1952
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 4,064
Among composers born in United States, Elliott Carter ranks 46. Before him are Sun Ra (1914), Dave Grusin (1934), Amy Beach (1867), Harold Arlen (1905), Edward MacDowell (1860), and Jerome Kern (1885). After him are La Monte Young (1935), Lee Konitz (1927), Frederic Rzewski (1938), Cathy Berberian (1925), W. C. Handy (1873), and Marvin Hamlisch (1944).
1914 - 1993
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 40
1934 - Present
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 41
1867 - 1944
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 42
1905 - 1986
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 43
1860 - 1908
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 44
1885 - 1945
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 45
1908 - 2012
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 46
1935 - Present
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 47
1927 - 2020
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 48
1938 - 2021
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 49
1925 - 1983
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 50
1873 - 1958
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 51
1944 - 2012
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 52