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Charles Wuorinen

1938 - 2020

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Charles Peter Wuorinen ( , Finnish: [ˈʋuorinen]; June 9, 1938 – March 11, 2020) was an American composer of contemporary classical music based in New York City. He also performed as a pianist and conductor. Wuorinen composed more than 270 works: orchestral music, chamber music, solo instrumental and vocal works, and operas, such as Brokeback Mountain (2014). His work was termed serialist but he came to disparage that idea as meaningless. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Charles Wuorinen is the 1,396th most popular composer (down from 1,388th in 2024), the 13,476th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,476th in 2019) and the 133rd most popular American Composer.

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Among composers, Charles Wuorinen ranks 1,396 out of 1,451. Before him are Yuzo Koshiro, Elisabeth Lutyens, William Grant Still, Bernie Worrell, Don Davis, and Ned Rorem. After him are Erik Mongrain, Jimmy McHugh, Randall Thompson, Frank Loesser, Robert Ashley, and Mamoru Samuragochi.

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Among people born in 1938, Charles Wuorinen ranks 598. Before him are Satch Sanders, Richard Goldstone, Bernard Malivoire, Timmy Mayer, Steve Kuhn, and Joan Blackman. After him are Les Murray, Leonard Frey, David Theile, Julie Felix, Gary Collins, and Stanley Fish. Among people deceased in 2020, Charles Wuorinen ranks 777. Before him are Alexander Gusev, Alexander Vedernikov, Charley Pride, June Foulds, Alfredo Lim, and Zoltan Sabo. After him are Hossein Sheikholeslam, Dave Greenfield, Géza Szőcs, Chilla Porter, Don Edmunds, and Ebrahim Alkazi.

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Charles Wuorinen ranks 133. Before him are David Newman (1954), Jerry Bock (1928), William Grant Still (1895), Bernie Worrell (1944), Don Davis (1957), and Ned Rorem (1923). After him are Jimmy McHugh (1894), Randall Thompson (1899), Frank Loesser (1910), Robert Ashley (1930), Walter Murphy (1952), and Steve Roach (1955).

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