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Terry Riley

1935 - Today

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Terrence Mitchell "Terry" Riley (born June 24, 1935) is an American composer and performing musician best known as a pioneer of the minimalist school of composition. Influenced by jazz and Indian classical music, his work became notable for its innovative use of repetition, tape music techniques, improvisation, and delay systems. His best known works are the 1964 composition In C and the 1969 album A Rainbow in Curved Air, both considered landmarks of minimalism and important influences on experimental music, rock, and contemporary electronic music. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Terry Riley has received more than 936,846 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Terry Riley is the 476th most popular composer (down from 403rd in 2019), the 2,233rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,938th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular American Composer.

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  • 940k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Terry Riley ranks 476 out of 1,451. Before him are Johann Christoph Pepusch, Eugen Doga, Albert Lortzing, Louis-Nicolas Clérambault, Maurice Duruflé, and Zdeněk Fibich. After him are Remo Giazotto, Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach, Johann Kirnberger, Oscar Straus, Igor Markevitch, and Charles Auguste de Bériot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Terry Riley ranks 106. Before him are Julian Glover, David Prowse, Marc Augé, Jack Charlton, Princess Elisabeth of Denmark, and Mário Coluna. After him are Robert Silverberg, Michael Walzer, Nikos Sampson, Paula Rego, Ján Popluhár, and John Phillips.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Terry Riley ranks 2,233 out of 20,380. Before him are Martin Kove (1946), George Floyd (1973), Ray Conniff (1916), Mary Parker Follett (1868), Albert King (1923), and Jason Momoa (1979). After him are James Tolkan (1931), Patricia Cornwell (1956), Chris Brown (1989), Jenna Jameson (1974), Wilford Brimley (1934), and Dean Acheson (1893).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Terry Riley ranks 23. Before him are Aaron Copland (1900), Cole Porter (1891), Richard Rodgers (1902), James Newton Howard (1951), Bill Conti (1942), and Leroy Anderson (1908). After him are John Adams (1947), Carmine Coppola (1910), Danny Elfman (1953), Michael Kamen (1948), Paul Bowles (1910), and George Antheil (1900).

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