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Gavin Bryars

1943 - Today

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Richard Gavin Bryars (; born 16 January 1943) is an English composer and double bassist. He has worked in jazz, free improvisation, minimalism, historicism, avant-garde, and experimental music. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gavin Bryars is the 1,304th most popular composer (down from 1,279th in 2019), the 4,827th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,418th in 2019) and the 80th most popular British Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Gavin Bryars ranks 1,304 out of 1,451. Before him are Junichi Masuda, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Zagir Ismagilov, Isaac Schwartz, Geirr Tveitt, and John Kander. After him are Mychael Danna, Horatio Parker, Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi, Elza Ibrahimova, Walter Susskind, and Cemal Reşit Rey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Gavin Bryars ranks 600. Before him are Van Dyke Parks, Don Stroud, Catherine E. Coulson, Mariann Fischer Boel, Daniel Brandenstein, and Luis Regueiro. After him are Billy Cunningham, Peter Struck, Vern Schuppan, Willie Davenport, John Pendry, and Lasse Holm.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gavin Bryars ranks 4,828 out of 8,785. Before him are John Neville Keynes (1852), Arthur Symons (1865), Donald Dewar (1937), Mark Mazower (1958), Michelle Ryan (1984), and Spottiswoode Aitken (1868). After him are Alister McGrath (1953), Chris Craft (1939), Allan Warren (1948), Allan Cunningham (1791), Francis Chichester (1901), and Martin O'Neill (1952).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Gavin Bryars ranks 80. Before him are Maurice Greene (1696), Nicholas Hooper (1952), Thomas Tomkins (1572), Samuel Arnold (1740), Hamilton Harty (1879), and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875). After him are Humphrey Searle (1915), David Arnold (1962), Henry Lawes (1595), Edmund Rubbra (1901), Jocelyn Pook (1960), and Anne Dudley (1956).

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