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Richard Taruskin

1945 - 2022

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Richard Filler Taruskin (April 2, 1945 – July 1, 2022) was an American musicologist and music critic who was among the leading and most prominent music historians of his generation. The breadth of his scrutiny into source material as well as musical analysis that combines sociological, cultural, and political perspectives has incited much discussion, debate and controversy. He regularly wrote music criticism for newspapers including The New York Times. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Taruskin has received more than 178,646 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Taruskin is the 528th most popular historian, the 11,026th most popular biography from United States and the 43rd most popular American Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Richard Taruskin ranks 528 out of 561. Before him are David Abulafia, Gregory Areshian, Hugh N. Kennedy, Edward Duyker, Edward Augustus Freeman, and Jonathan Riley-Smith. After him are James H. Billington, Jan Morris, Griselda Pollock, Elaine Pagels, John Komlos, and Richard Bauckham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Richard Taruskin ranks 606. Before him are Cristian Gațu, Lowell George, Angela Scoular, Bill Weld, Ottorino Sartor, and Bo Ralph. After him are Kinza Clodumar, Franz Keller, Ralph Doubell, Mike Garson, Daniel Rudisha, and Pipo Rodríguez. Among people deceased in 2022, Richard Taruskin ranks 579. Before him are Nikolai Manoshin, Gerhard Rodax, Maurice Norman, Sergei Puskepalis, Yelizaveta Dementyeva, and Joan Copeland. After him are Tomasz Wójtowicz, Alexei Panshin, Bappi Lahiri, Werner Israel, Hérard Abraham, and Duvall Hecht.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Taruskin ranks 11,026 out of 20,380. Before him are James L. Jones (1943), Elliott Nugent (1896), Clifford Jordan (1931), Michael Chabon (1963), Allan Arbus (1918), and Harriet Hosmer (1830). After him are Tom Dowd (1925), Mary McLeod Bethune (1875), William Schallert (1922), Dick Button (1929), Chad Coleman (1974), and Cornelia Fort (1919).

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Among HISTORIANS In United States

Among historians born in United States, Richard Taruskin ranks 43. Before him are Stephen F. Cohen (1938), Stephen Greenblatt (1943), Carroll Quigley (1910), Drew Gilpin Faust (1947), David Bordwell (1947), and Richard G. Hovannisian (1932). After him are James H. Billington (1929), Elaine Pagels (1943), Mary Ritter Beard (1876), Richard Hofstadter (1916), Francis Parkman (1823), and Anthony Grafton (1950).

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