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Roy Harris

1898 - 1979

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Roy Ellsworth Harris (February 12, 1898 – October 1, 1979) was an American composer. He wrote music on American subjects, and is best known for his Symphony No. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roy Harris has received more than 132,101 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Roy Harris is the 1,260th most popular composer (down from 1,129th in 2019), the 9,732nd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,519th in 2019) and the 107th most popular American Composer.

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  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Roy Harris ranks 1,260 out of 1,216. Before him are Erkki-Sven Tüür, Mychael Danna, Jerry Bock, Shirley Walker, Lou Harrison, and Don Davis. After him are David Newman, Eubie Blake, Klaus Egge, Raymond Scott, Lennox Berkeley, and George Fenton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Roy Harris ranks 249. Before him are Hal Brown, Vincent Youmans, Harry Watson, Wiley Post, Baby Dodds, and Joe Spence. After him are Ewald Balser, Owen Barfield, Loren Murchison, Molly Picon, Ludwig Bemelmans, and Stephen Vincent Benét. Among people deceased in 1979, Roy Harris ranks 232. Before him are Les Clark, Ann Dvorak, George Brent, Jan Pijnenburg, Arthur Fiedler, and Zoltán Várkonyi. After him are Ethel Lackie, Vincenzo Cuccia, Klaus Egge, Bart McGhee, Mikhail Ogonkov, and Edward Akufo-Addo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roy Harris ranks 9,732 out of 18,182. Before him are John Henninger Reagan (1818), Margaret Oakley Dayhoff (1925), Fyvush Finkel (1922), William Keighley (1889), Benji Madden (1979), and John Brown Gordon (1832). After him are Marie Osborne Yeats (1911), Steve Smith (1954), Janine Lindemulder (1968), Brett Kavanaugh (1965), Kristen Johnston (1967), and Sam Robards (1961).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Roy Harris ranks 107. Before him are Vincent Persichetti (1915), George Bruns (1914), Jerry Bock (1928), Shirley Walker (1945), Lou Harrison (1917), and Don Davis (1957). After him are David Newman (1954), Eubie Blake (2), Raymond Scott (1908), Steve Jablonsky (1970), Fred Ebb (1928), and Brian Tyler (1972).

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