1935 - Today
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, 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 873,870 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Terry Riley is the 403rd most popular composer (up from 464th in 2019), the 1,939th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,187th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Composer.
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Among composers, Terry Riley ranks 403 out of 1,216. Before him are Johannes Tinctoris, Anatoly Lyadov, Bernardo Pasquini, John Koukouzelis, Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, and Józef Elsner. After him are Jacob Clemens non Papa, Wolfgang Wagner, Charles Koechlin, André Jolivet, Johann van Beethoven, and Maria Szymanowska.
1435 - 1511
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 397
1855 - 1914
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 398
1637 - 1710
HPI: 57.67
Rank: 399
1280 - 1360
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 400
1675 - 1742
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 401
1769 - 1854
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 402
1935 - Present
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 403
1510 - 1555
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 404
1919 - 2010
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 405
1867 - 1950
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 406
1905 - 1974
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 407
1740 - 1792
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 408
1789 - 1831
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 409
Among people born in 1935, Terry Riley ranks 78. Before him are Zhelyu Zhelev, Bent Larsen, Seiji Ozawa, António Ramalho Eanes, Gene Vincent, and Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah. After him are Roger B. Chaffee, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Jack Welch, Jack Kemp, Serge Klarsfeld, and Brian Clough.
1935 - 2015
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 72
1935 - 2010
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 73
1935 - 2024
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 74
1935 - Present
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 75
1935 - 1971
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 76
1935 - 2010
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 77
1935 - Present
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 78
1935 - 1967
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 79
1935 - 2011
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 80
1935 - 2020
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 81
1935 - 2009
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 82
1935 - Present
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 83
1935 - 2004
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 84
Among people born in United States, Terry Riley ranks 1,939 out of 18,182. Before him are Frank Wilczek (1951), Gore Vidal (1925), Jason Momoa (1979), David Woodard (1964), Sydney Chaplin (1926), and Dan Inosanto (1936). After him are Busta Rhymes (1972), Frank Zane (1942), Sam Elliott (1944), Alexander Shulgin (1925), Garry Marshall (1934), and Jessica Chastain (1977).
1951 - Present
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 1,933
1925 - 2012
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 1,934
1979 - Present
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 1,935
1964 - Present
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 1,936
1926 - 2009
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 1,937
1936 - Present
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 1,938
1935 - Present
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 1,939
1972 - Present
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 1,940
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 1,941
1944 - Present
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 1,942
1925 - 2014
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 1,943
1934 - 2016
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 1,944
1977 - Present
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 1,945
Among composers born in United States, Terry Riley ranks 22. Before him are Bernard Herrmann (1911), Angelo Badalamenti (1937), Leroy Anderson (1908), Elmer Bernstein (1922), Alfred Newman (1900), and Stephen Sondheim (1930). After him are Michael Kamen (1948), Richard Rodgers (1902), George Crumb (1929), Bill Conti (1942), Paul Bowles (1910), and James Newton Howard (1951).
1911 - 1975
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 16
1937 - 2022
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 17
1908 - 1975
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 18
1922 - 2004
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 19
1900 - 1970
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 20
1930 - 2021
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 21
1935 - Present
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 22
1948 - 2003
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 23
1902 - 1979
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 24
1929 - 2022
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 25
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 26
1910 - 1999
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 27
1951 - Present
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 28