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Conlon Nancarrow

1912 - 1997

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Samuel Conlon Nancarrow (; October 27, 1912 – August 10, 1997) was an American-Mexican composer who lived and worked in Mexico for most of his life. Nancarrow is best remembered for his Studies for Player Piano, being one of the first composers to use auto-playing musical instruments, realizing their potential to play far beyond human performance ability. He lived most of his life in relative isolation and did not become widely known until the 1980s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Conlon Nancarrow is the 1,276th most popular composer (down from 1,166th in 2019), the 9,146th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,864th in 2019) and the 92nd most popular American Composer.

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Among composers, Conlon Nancarrow ranks 1,276 out of 1,451. Before him are Florence Price, Vincent Youmans, Klaus Egge, Pauline Oliveros, Federico Chueca, and Alexandre Levy. After him are Mikhail Gnessin, Erkki-Sven Tüür, Toshio Hosokawa, Maurice Greene, Władysław Żeleński, and Jonathan Larson.

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Among people born in 1912, Conlon Nancarrow ranks 347. Before him are Josef Neckermann, Segundo Durandal, Leopold Wohlrab, James Algar, Achmad Nawir, and Václav Horák. After him are Cliff Bastin, Bayard Rustin, Dorothy Brookshaw, Helmut Hamann, Erwin Bauer, and Erwin Strittmatter. Among people deceased in 1997, Conlon Nancarrow ranks 266. Before him are Ronnie Lane, Pilar Miró, Ivor Allchurch, Stubby Kaye, Zaur Kaloev, and Aníbal Tarabini. After him are Lars Ahlin, Amleto Frignani, Ondino Viera, Aleksandr Zarkhi, Reinhard Lauck, and Wilbert Awdry.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Conlon Nancarrow ranks 9,148 out of 20,380. Before him are Aubrey Plaza (1984), Gouverneur Morris (1752), Marsha Ivins (1951), Marshall Berman (1940), Peter Friedman (1949), and Tabitha Babbitt (1779). After him are Tony Kushner (1956), Diane di Prima (1934), Patricia Bath (1942), Gail Ann Dorsey (1962), Salvatore Cordileone (1956), and Taylor Fritz (1997).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Conlon Nancarrow ranks 92. Before him are Virgil Thomson (1896), Marco Beltrami (1966), H. C. Robbins Landon (1926), Florence Price (1887), Vincent Youmans (1898), and Pauline Oliveros (1932). After him are Jonathan Larson (1960), Lowell Mason (1792), Paul Williams (1940), Shirley Walker (1945), Peter Schickele (1935), and Paul Creston (1906).

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