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Charles Tomlinson Griffes

1884 - 1920

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Charles Tomlinson Griffes (US: GRIFF-fiss; September 17, 1884 – April 8, 1920) was an American composer for piano, chamber ensembles and voice. His initial works are influenced by German Romanticism, but after he relinquished the German style, his later works make him the most famous American representative of musical Impressionism, along with Charles Martin Loeffler. He was fascinated by the exotic, mysterious sound of the French Impressionists, and was compositionally much influenced by them while he was in Europe. He also studied the work of contemporary Russian composers such as Scriabin, whose influence is also apparent in his use of synthetic scales. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Tomlinson Griffes is the 774th most popular composer (up from 1,386th in 2019), the 4,207th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,458th in 2019) and the 45th most popular American Composer.

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Among composers, Charles Tomlinson Griffes ranks 774 out of 1,451. Before him are Thomas Morley, André Caplet, Sigismund von Neukomm, George Onslow, Alexander Tcherepnin, and Vittoria Aleotti. After him are Louise Bertin, Nicola Vicentino, Johann Rosenmüller, Napoléon Henri Reber, Charles Villiers Stanford, and Johann Baptist Cramer.

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Among people born in 1884, Charles Tomlinson Griffes ranks 97. Before him are George Sarton, Philipp Frank, Boris Asafyev, Enrico Dante, Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, and Pedro Pablo Ramírez. After him are Santiago Casares Quiroga, Ernest Payne, Hermann Boehm, York Bowen, Marcel Granet, and Constantin Constantinescu-Claps. Among people deceased in 1920, Charles Tomlinson Griffes ranks 57. Before him are Hermann von Struve, Hector Hodler, Moritz Cantor, Afonso, Duke of Porto, Richard Dehmel, and Arthur Johnson. After him are Augusto Righi, John Wesley Hyatt, Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta, Edmund Barton, Remus von Woyrsch, and Maciej Sulkiewicz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Tomlinson Griffes ranks 4,207 out of 20,380. Before him are Parry O'Brien (1932), William Bates (1860), Jerry Unser Jr. (1932), Robert Indiana (1928), Karch Kiraly (1960), and Jef Raskin (1943). After him are Robert David Hall (1947), Clara Barton (1821), Richard Belzer (1944), Steven Holl (1947), Wilson Bentley (1865), and Joe Hill (1972).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Charles Tomlinson Griffes ranks 45. Before him are Carmine Coppola (1910), Lee Konitz (1927), Sun Ra (1914), Stephen Sondheim (1930), Edward MacDowell (1860), and Dave Grusin (1934). After him are Brian Tyler (1972), Thomas Newman (1955), Harold Arlen (1905), George Crumb (1929), La Monte Young (1935), and Elliott Carter (1908).

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