Compositor

Walter Piston

1894 - 1976

Walter Piston

William Piston (Rockland, Maine, 20 de enero de 1894 - Massachusetts, 12 de noviembre de 1976) fue un compositor y teórico musical de los Estados Unidos. Su Tratado de armonía sigue siendo uno de los manuales de teoría musical de referencia en escuelas de música de todo el mundo. Leer más en Wikipedia

Su biografía está disponible en 23 idiomas en Wikipedia. Walter Piston ocupa el puesto 1082 entre los compositor más populares (bajó del puesto 969 en 2024), el puesto 6394 entre las biografías más populares de Estados Unidos (bajó del puesto 4772 en 2019) y el puesto 61 entre los compositor de los estados unidos más populares.

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Among Compositors

Among compositors, Walter Piston ranks 1,082 out of 1,451. Before him are Hans Huber, Ferde Grofé, Annibale Padovano, Petr Eben, František Škroup, and Arturo Márquez. After him are John Ottman, Hugo Distler, Tristan Murail, Paul Taffanel, Philippe Verdelot, and Henri Pousseur.

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Hans Huber
1852 - 1921
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 1,076
Ferde Grofé
1892 - 1972
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 1,077
Annibale Padovano
1527 - 1575
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 1,078
Petr Eben
1929 - 2007
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 1,079
František Škroup
1801 - 1862
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 1,080
Arturo Márquez
1950 - Present
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 1,081
Walter Piston
1894 - 1976
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 1,082
John Ottman
1964 - Present
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 1,083
Hugo Distler
1908 - 1942
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 1,084
Tristan Murail
1947 - Present
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 1,085
Paul Taffanel
1844 - 1908
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 1,086
Philippe Verdelot
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 1,087
Henri Pousseur
1929 - 2009
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 1,088

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Walter Piston ranks 182. Before him are Florbela Espanca, Henryk Sławik, Krešimir Baranović, Vladimir Triandafillov, Heikki Liimatainen, and James Anderson. After him are Tiny Sandford, Semyon Bogdanov, Bertha Lutz, Nita Naldi, Surya Sen, and Georges Carpentier. Among people deceased in 1976, Walter Piston ranks 171. Before him are Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ, Alexander Lernet-Holenia, Veikko Huhtanen, Hamit Kaplan, Lily Pons, and Edith Evans. After him are Percy Faith, Mark Tobey, Carlos Fonseca, Alfred Landé, Bertha Lutz, and Nikoloz Muskhelishvili.

Others Born in 1894

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Florbela Espanca
WRITER
1894 - 1930
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 176
Henryk Sławik
POLITICIAN
1894 - 1944
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 177
Krešimir Baranović
COMPOSER
1894 - 1975
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 178
Vladimir Triandafillov
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1894 - 1931
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 179
Heikki Liimatainen
ATHLETE
1894 - 1980
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 180
James Anderson
TENNIS PLAYER
1894 - 1973
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 181
Walter Piston
COMPOSER
1894 - 1976
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 182
Tiny Sandford
ACTOR
1894 - 1961
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 183
Semyon Bogdanov
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1894 - 1960
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 184
Bertha Lutz
BIOLOGIST
1894 - 1976
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 185
Nita Naldi
ACTOR
1894 - 1961
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 186
Surya Sen
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1894 - 1934
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 187
Georges Carpentier
BOXER
1894 - 1975
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 188