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Roger Sessions

1896 - 1985

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Roger Huntington Sessions (December 28, 1896 – March 16, 1985) was an American composer, teacher, and writer on music. He had initially started his career writing in a neoclassical style, but gradually moved further towards more complex harmonies and postromanticism, and finally the twelve-tone serialism of the Second Viennese School. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roger Sessions has received more than 130,784 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Roger Sessions is the 1,064th most popular composer (down from 963rd in 2019), the 5,799th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,388th in 2019) and the 59th most popular American Composer.

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  • 130k

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  • 47.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Roger Sessions ranks 1,064 out of 1,216. Before him are Einar Englund, Ján Cikker, Jaromír Weinberger, Morton Gould, Avet Terterian, and Sanja Ilić. After him are Charles Avison, Tristan Murail, Koji Kondo, William Christie, Nikolaos Mantzaros, and Jānis Ivanovs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Roger Sessions ranks 167. Before him are Yu Dafu, Lilia Skala, Steponas Darius, William Gopallawa, Ivan Merz, and Jaromír Weinberger. After him are Fritz Julius Kuhn, Frank Loomis, Friedrich Waismann, Brock Chisholm, Gerhard Fieseler, and Lado Gudiashvili. Among people deceased in 1985, Roger Sessions ranks 154. Before him are Ludo Coeck, George Raynor, Haruo Remeliik, Israel Regardie, Enrique Fernández Viola, and Jan de Quay. After him are Masten Gregory, Tatiana Proskouriakoff, Givi Javakhishvili, Benjamin Markarian, Bodil Joensen, and Julie Vlasto.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roger Sessions ranks 5,799 out of 18,182. Before him are Lawrence Roberts (1937), Tracy Chevalier (1962), Fanny Brice (1891), Maria Tallchief (1925), Sandra Bem (1944), and Catherine Hardwicke (1955). After him are Gene Pitney (1940), Donnie Wahlberg (1969), Matilda Joslyn Gage (1826), Lexington Steele (1969), MacKenzie Scott (1970), and Forest Ray Moulton (1872).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Roger Sessions ranks 59. Before him are Meredith Monk (1942), Walter Piston (1894), Frank Churchill (1901), Harry Partch (1901), Michael Giacchino (1967), and Morton Gould (1913). After him are William Christie (1944), Peter H. Gilmore (1958), Carter Burwell (1954), Conlon Nancarrow (1912), Ferde Grofé (1892), and Pauline Oliveros (1932).

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