1936 - Today
Stephen Michael Reich ( RYSH; born October 3, 1936) is an American composer known for his contribution to the development of minimal music in the mid to late 1960s. Reich's work is marked by its use of repetitive figures, slow harmonic rhythm, and canons. His compositional style reflects his explicit rejection of Western classical traditions, serialism, and indeterminacy, because, unlike these traditions, he sought to create music in which the compositional process was discernible in the music itself. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Steve Reich has received more than 1,277,981 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Steve Reich is the 187th most popular composer (up from 204th in 2019), the 787th most popular biography from United States (up from 881st in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Composer.
Steve Reich is most famous for his minimalist pieces, which are characterized by their repetitive rhythms and melodies.
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Among composers, Steve Reich ranks 187 out of 1,228. Before him are Francesco Landini, Michael Praetorius, Andrea Gabrieli, William Byrd, Francis Lai, and Henri Vieuxtemps. After him are Baldassare Galuppi, Johann Joachim Quantz, Giuseppe Torelli, Alessandro Marcello, Gilles Binchois, and Jan Dismas Zelenka.
1325 - 1397
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 181
1571 - 1621
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 182
1533 - 1585
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 183
1543 - 1623
HPI: 72.22
Rank: 184
1932 - 2018
HPI: 72.21
Rank: 185
1820 - 1881
HPI: 72.12
Rank: 186
1936 - Present
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 187
1706 - 1785
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 188
1697 - 1773
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 189
1658 - 1709
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 190
1673 - 1747
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 191
1400 - 1460
HPI: 71.80
Rank: 192
1679 - 1745
HPI: 71.78
Rank: 193
Among people born in 1936, Steve Reich ranks 41. Before him are Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Margaret Hamilton, Virna Lisi, Tariq Aziz, and Benedict Anderson. After him are Don Cherry, Choummaly Sayasone, Kris Kristofferson, Yasuo Fukuda, B. J. Habibie, and Ferid Murad.
1936 - 1959
HPI: 73.22
Rank: 35
1936 - 1988
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 36
1936 - Present
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 37
1936 - 2014
HPI: 72.51
Rank: 38
1936 - 2015
HPI: 72.23
Rank: 39
1936 - 2015
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 40
1936 - Present
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 41
1936 - 1995
HPI: 71.66
Rank: 42
1936 - Present
HPI: 71.55
Rank: 43
1936 - Present
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 44
1936 - Present
HPI: 71.49
Rank: 45
1936 - 2019
HPI: 71.48
Rank: 46
1936 - Present
HPI: 71.46
Rank: 47
Among people born in United States, Steve Reich ranks 787 out of 15,968. Before him are Charlie Sheen (1965), Robert Vaughn (1932), John Reed (1887), Steven Weinberg (1933), Matthew McConaughey (1969), and Raquel Welch (1940). After him are John Fante (1909), Rodney King (1965), Tobin Bell (1942), Bob Beamon (1946), Edward C. Tolman (1886), and John Jacob Astor IV (1864).
1965 - Present
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 781
1932 - 2016
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 782
1887 - 1920
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 783
1933 - Present
HPI: 72.04
Rank: 784
1969 - Present
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 785
1940 - Present
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 786
1936 - Present
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 787
1909 - 1983
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 788
1965 - 2012
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 789
1942 - Present
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 790
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 791
1886 - 1959
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 792
1864 - 1912
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 793
Among composers born in United States, Steve Reich ranks 9. Before him are John Cage (1912), Leonard Bernstein (1918), Henry Mancini (1924), Philip Glass (1937), Scott Joplin (1868), and Samuel Barber (1910). After him are Jerry Goldsmith (1929), Cole Porter (1891), James Horner (1953), Bernard Herrmann (1911), Charles Ives (1874), and Aaron Copland (1900).
1912 - 1992
HPI: 79.02
Rank: 3
1918 - 1990
HPI: 77.44
Rank: 4
1924 - 1994
HPI: 74.01
Rank: 5
1937 - Present
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 6
1868 - 1917
HPI: 73.94
Rank: 7
1910 - 1981
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 8
1936 - Present
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 9
1929 - 2004
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 10
1891 - 1964
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 11
1953 - 2015
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 12
1911 - 1975
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 13
1874 - 1954
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 14
1900 - 1990
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 15