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Rhys Chatham

1952 - Today

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Rhys Chatham (born September 19, 1952) is an American composer, guitarist, trumpet player, multi-instrumentalist (flutes in C, alto and bass, keyboard), primarily active in avant-garde and minimalist music. He is best known for his "guitar orchestra" compositions. He has lived in France since 1987. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Rhys Chatham is the 1,257th most popular composer (up from 1,333rd in 2019), the 8,229th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,327th in 2019) and the 89th most popular American Composer.

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Page views of Rhys Chatham by language

Over the past year Rhys Chatham has had the most page views in the Italian wikipedia edition with 708 views, followed by French (565), and German (248). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (154.55%), Italian (27.11%), and Dutch (11.86%)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Rhys Chatham ranks 1,257 out of 1,451. Before him are Ferde Grofé, Maurice Greene, Paul Creston, Artur Lemba, Ludomir Różycki, and Anthony van Hoboken. After him are Karel Husa, Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Vladimir Martynov, Mariano Mores, David Raksin, and Samuel Arnold.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Rhys Chatham ranks 453. Before him are Barbara Hendricks, Amy Tan, Jigme Thinley, Tovah Feldshuh, Oswaldo Payá, and Ellen Streidt. After him are Tim Powers, Roger Stone, Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, Cleopas Dlamini, Tatsuhiko Seta, and Joe Alaskey.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rhys Chatham ranks 8,229 out of 20,380. Before him are Matthew Henson (1866), James Stafford (1932), Zachary Levi (1980), Lynn Bari (1913), Katherine Dunham (1909), and Patton Oswalt (1969). After him are Alfred W. Crosby (1931), Peter Buck (1956), Michael Herr (1940), Candice Night (1971), William R. Day (1849), and Carmelo Anthony (1984).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Rhys Chatham ranks 89. Before him are Glenn Branca (1948), Elliot Goldenthal (1954), Milton Babbitt (1916), David Diamond (1915), Ferde Grofé (1892), and Paul Creston (1906). After him are David Raksin (1912), Virgil Thomson (1896), Paul Williams (1940), Vincent Youmans (1898), Morten Lauridsen (1943), and Florence Price (1887).

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