1917 - 2003
Lou Silver Harrison (May 14, 1917 – February 2, 2003) was an American composer, music critic, music theorist, painter, and creator of unique musical instruments. Harrison initially wrote in a dissonant, ultramodernist style similar to his former teacher and contemporary, Henry Cowell, but later moved toward incorporating elements of non-Western cultures into his work. Notable examples include a number of pieces written for Javanese style gamelan instruments, inspired after studying with noted gamelan musician Kanjeng Notoprojo in Indonesia. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lou Harrison has received more than 233,360 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Lou Harrison is the 1,258th most popular composer (down from 1,131st in 2019), the 9,637th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,670th in 2019) and the 105th most popular American Composer.
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Among composers, Lou Harrison ranks 1,258 out of 1,216. Before him are George Bruns, Näcip Cihanov, Erkki-Sven Tüür, Mychael Danna, Jerry Bock, and Shirley Walker. After him are Don Davis, Roy Harris, David Newman, Eubie Blake, Klaus Egge, and Raymond Scott.
1914 - 1983
HPI: 42.42
Rank: 1,252
1911 - 1988
HPI: 42.28
Rank: 1,253
1959 - Present
HPI: 42.25
Rank: 1,254
1958 - Present
HPI: 42.16
Rank: 1,255
1928 - 2010
HPI: 42.16
Rank: 1,256
1945 - 2006
HPI: 42.00
Rank: 1,257
1917 - 2003
HPI: 41.90
Rank: 1,258
1957 - Present
HPI: 41.75
Rank: 1,259
1898 - 1979
HPI: 41.74
Rank: 1,260
1954 - Present
HPI: 41.72
Rank: 1,261
2 - 1983
HPI: 41.69
Rank: 1,262
1906 - 1979
HPI: 41.57
Rank: 1,263
1908 - 1994
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 1,264
Among people born in 1917, Lou Harrison ranks 284. Before him are Ramanand Sagar, Tetsuo Hamuro, David Hampshire, Merle Travis, Mikhail Anikushin, and Ottorino Volonterio. After him are Oswald Karch, Leonard Chess, Walter Munk, Arthur Laurents, Margo, and Kamal Ranadive. Among people deceased in 2003, Lou Harrison ranks 281. Before him are Wolfgang Peters, Sheb Wooley, Gene Anthony Ray, Tranquilo Cappozzo, Janice Rule, and Ottorino Volonterio. After him are Izzat Ghazzawi, Vera Ralston, German Sveshnikov, Steve O'Rourke, Bill Bright, and Carol Shields.
1917 - 2005
HPI: 42.63
Rank: 278
1917 - 2005
HPI: 42.61
Rank: 279
1917 - 1990
HPI: 42.53
Rank: 280
1917 - 1983
HPI: 42.27
Rank: 281
1917 - 1997
HPI: 42.03
Rank: 282
1917 - 2003
HPI: 42.00
Rank: 283
1917 - 2003
HPI: 41.90
Rank: 284
1917 - 2009
HPI: 41.82
Rank: 285
1917 - 1969
HPI: 41.58
Rank: 286
1917 - 2019
HPI: 41.26
Rank: 287
1917 - 2011
HPI: 41.16
Rank: 288
1917 - 1985
HPI: 40.95
Rank: 289
1917 - 2001
HPI: 40.80
Rank: 290
1929 - 2003
HPI: 42.38
Rank: 275
1921 - 2003
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 276
1962 - 2003
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 277
1918 - 2003
HPI: 42.27
Rank: 278
1931 - 2003
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 279
1917 - 2003
HPI: 42.00
Rank: 280
1917 - 2003
HPI: 41.90
Rank: 281
1951 - 2003
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 282
1920 - 2003
HPI: 41.24
Rank: 283
1937 - 2003
HPI: 41.24
Rank: 284
1940 - 2003
HPI: 41.18
Rank: 285
1921 - 2003
HPI: 41.08
Rank: 286
1935 - 2003
HPI: 41.01
Rank: 287
Among people born in United States, Lou Harrison ranks 9,637 out of 18,182. Before him are Jim Inhofe (1934), David Anders (1981), George M. Cohan (1878), Elvin Bishop (1942), Patricia Belcher (1954), and Joey Belladonna (1960). After him are David Curtiss Munson (1884), Dan Harrington (1945), Margaret Woodbridge (1902), Lisa Marie (1968), Ransom Riggs (1979), and Carrie Coon (1981).
1934 - Present
HPI: 41.91
Rank: 9,631
1981 - Present
HPI: 41.91
Rank: 9,632
1878 - 1942
HPI: 41.91
Rank: 9,633
1942 - Present
HPI: 41.91
Rank: 9,634
1954 - Present
HPI: 41.90
Rank: 9,635
1960 - Present
HPI: 41.90
Rank: 9,636
1917 - 2003
HPI: 41.90
Rank: 9,637
1884 - 1953
HPI: 41.90
Rank: 9,638
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.90
Rank: 9,639
1902 - 1995
HPI: 41.89
Rank: 9,640
1968 - Present
HPI: 41.89
Rank: 9,641
1979 - Present
HPI: 41.89
Rank: 9,642
1981 - Present
HPI: 41.89
Rank: 9,643
Among composers born in United States, Lou Harrison ranks 105. Before him are Joseph Lamb (1887), Howard Hanson (1896), Vincent Persichetti (1915), George Bruns (1914), Jerry Bock (1928), and Shirley Walker (1945). After him are Don Davis (1957), Roy Harris (1898), David Newman (1954), Eubie Blake (2), Raymond Scott (1908), and Steve Jablonsky (1970).
1887 - 1960
HPI: 42.89
Rank: 99
1896 - 1981
HPI: 42.79
Rank: 100
1915 - 1987
HPI: 42.74
Rank: 101
1914 - 1983
HPI: 42.42
Rank: 102
1928 - 2010
HPI: 42.16
Rank: 103
1945 - 2006
HPI: 42.00
Rank: 104
1917 - 2003
HPI: 41.90
Rank: 105
1957 - Present
HPI: 41.75
Rank: 106
1898 - 1979
HPI: 41.74
Rank: 107
1954 - Present
HPI: 41.72
Rank: 108
2 - 1983
HPI: 41.69
Rank: 109
1908 - 1994
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 110
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 111