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Vincent Persichetti

1915 - 1987

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Vincent Ludwig Persichetti (June 6, 1915 – August 14, 1987) was an American composer, teacher, and pianist. An important musical educator and writer, he was known for his integration of various new ideas in musical composition into his own work and teaching, as well as for training many noted composers in composition at the Juilliard School. His students at Juilliard included Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Larry Thomas Bell, Bruce Adolphe, Louis Calabro, Moshe Cotel, Michael Jeffrey Shapiro, Laurie Spiegel, Kenneth Fuchs, Richard Danielpour, Lawrence Dillon, Peter Schickele, Lowell Liebermann, Robert Witt, Elena Ruehr, William Schimmel, Leonardo Balada, Gitta Steiner, Hank Beebe, Roland Wiggins, Thomas Pasatieri, Randell Croley and Leo Brouwer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vincent Persichetti has received more than 157,326 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Vincent Persichetti is the 1,250th most popular composer, the 9,077th most popular biography from United States and the 101st most popular American Composer.

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  • 160k

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  • 42.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Vincent Persichetti ranks 1,250 out of 1,216. Before him are Earl Scruggs, Peter Warlock, R. D. Burman, Joseph Lamb, Howard Hanson, and Masaaki Suzuki. After him are Hamilton Harty, George Bruns, Näcip Cihanov, Erkki-Sven Tüür, Mychael Danna, and Jerry Bock.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Vincent Persichetti ranks 234. Before him are Hanka Bielicka, Godfrey Brown, Heinrich Albertz, Ran Laurie, Khushwant Singh, and Joe Mantell. After him are William Hopper, Dan Dailey, Tomás Fernández, Simo Puupponen, Anita Louise, and Heinz Körvers. Among people deceased in 1987, Vincent Persichetti ranks 209. Before him are Oscar Casanovas, Alexis Chantraine, Pál Gábor, Milt Kahl, Julien Darui, and Marcos Calderón. After him are Georges Buchard, Marc Aaronson, Musa Gareyev, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, Antonio Janni, and Rudolf Krause.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Vincent Persichetti ranks 9,077 out of 18,182. Before him are Steve Railsback (1945), Jason Schwartzman (1980), Joseph Pilato (1949), Jack Shea (1910), Gordon B. Hinckley (1910), and Tim Hardaway (1966). After him are Julia Alvarez (1950), Joseph Dunford (1955), Michael D. Griffin (1949), W. S. Merwin (1927), Red Amick (1929), and Robert Elswit (1950).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Vincent Persichetti ranks 101. Before him are David Raksin (1912), Mark Mancina (1957), Vincent Youmans (1898), Earl Scruggs (1924), Joseph Lamb (1887), and Howard Hanson (1896). After him are George Bruns (1914), Jerry Bock (1928), Shirley Walker (1945), Lou Harrison (1917), Don Davis (1957), and Roy Harris (1898).

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