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Gunther Schuller

1925 - 2015

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Gunther Alexander Schuller (November 22, 1925 – June 21, 2015) was an American composer, conductor, horn player, author, historian, educator, publisher, and jazz musician. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gunther Schuller has received more than 238,269 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 23 in 2019). Gunther Schuller is the 1,121st most popular composer (down from 1,031st in 2019), the 6,393rd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,033rd in 2019) and the 66th most popular American Composer.

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  • 240k

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  • 46.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Gunther Schuller ranks 1,121 out of 1,216. Before him are Jean-Joseph Mouret, Pauline Oliveros, Gavin Bryars, Artur Lemba, Vano Muradeli, and François Sudre. After him are Mikhail Gnessin, Kevin MacLeod, Glenn Branca, Elliot Goldenthal, Antón García Abril, and Hilding Rosenberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Gunther Schuller ranks 314. Before him are Tankred Dorst, Carla Del Poggio, Colette Marchand, Antonio Puchades, Irina Arkhipova, and Ritwik Ghatak. After him are Joan Mitchell, Frank Pierson, Raimondo D'Inzeo, James Mellaart, Iwao Takamoto, and Juan Francisco Lombardo. Among people deceased in 2015, Gunther Schuller ranks 272. Before him are Amparo Baró, Colette Marchand, Józef Oleksy, Ferenc Kiss, Elio Toaff, and Revaz Chkheidze. After him are Melissa Mathison, Kayahan, Claude Criquielion, Richard Bass, Roberto Tucci, and Patricia Crone.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gunther Schuller ranks 6,393 out of 18,182. Before him are Brad Delson (1977), Peyton List (1998), Ken Davitian (1953), Amina Wadud (1952), William Higinbotham (1910), and Eileen Ryan (1927). After him are Dexter Jackson (1969), Evelyn Ashford (1957), Gregory Olsen (1945), Robert Hays (1947), Robert Richardson (1955), and John Shelby Spong (1931).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Gunther Schuller ranks 66. Before him are William Christie (1944), Peter H. Gilmore (1958), Carter Burwell (1954), Conlon Nancarrow (1912), Ferde Grofé (1892), and Pauline Oliveros (1932). After him are Kevin MacLeod (1972), Glenn Branca (1948), Elliot Goldenthal (1954), John Corigliano (1938), Leonard Rosenman (1924), and Paul Whiteman (1890).

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