COMPOSER

George Whitefield Chadwick

1854 - 1931

George Whitefield Chadwick

George Whitefield Chadwick (November 13, 1854 – April 4, 1931) was an American composer. Along with John Knowles Paine, Horatio Parker, Amy Beach, Arthur Foote, and Edward MacDowell, he was a representative composer of what is called the Second New England School of American composers of the late 19th century. Chadwick's works are influenced by the Realist movement in the arts, characterized by a down-to-earth depiction of people's lives. His works included several operas, three symphonies, five string quartets, tone poems, incidental music, songs and choral anthems. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. George Whitefield Chadwick is the 1,383rd most popular composer (up from 1,387th in 2024), the 12,661st most popular biography from United States (down from 12,475th in 2019) and the 126th most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, George Whitefield Chadwick ranks 1,383 out of 1,451. Before him are Raymond Scott, Alexander Goehr, Christopher Chaplin, Oliver Knussen, Olga Neuwirth, and Arne Nordheim. After him are David Newman, Alan Bush, Peter Sculthorpe, George Butterworth, Jerry Bock, and Christophe Beck.

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Raymond Scott
1908 - 1994
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 1,377
Alexander Goehr
1932 - 2024
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 1,378
Christopher Chaplin
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 1,379
Oliver Knussen
1952 - 2018
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 1,380
Olga Neuwirth
1968 - Present
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 1,381
Arne Nordheim
1931 - 2010
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 1,382
George Whitefield Chadwick
1854 - 1931
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 1,383
David Newman
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 1,384
Alan Bush
1900 - 1995
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 1,385
Peter Sculthorpe
1929 - 2014
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 1,386
George Butterworth
1885 - 1916
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 1,387
Jerry Bock
1928 - 2010
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 1,388
Christophe Beck
1972 - Present
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 1,389

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, George Whitefield Chadwick ranks 125. Before him are Hjalmar Mellin, Arthur Barclay, Francis Marion Crawford, Annie Lorrain Smith, Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone, and Birt Acres. After him is Johan Ludvig Heiberg. Among people deceased in 1931, George Whitefield Chadwick ranks 147. Before him are Louis Wolheim, Charles Clary, Tom Roberts, Charles Hefferon, Robert Edeson, and Frank Harris. After him are Vachel Lindsay, and Henrietta Edwards.

Others Born in 1854

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Hjalmar Mellin
MATHEMATICIAN
1854 - 1933
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 119
Arthur Barclay
POLITICIAN
1854 - 1938
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 120
Francis Marion Crawford
WRITER
1854 - 1909
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 121
Annie Lorrain Smith
BIOLOGIST
1854 - 1937
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 122
Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone
POLITICIAN
1854 - 1930
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 123
Birt Acres
FILM DIRECTOR
1854 - 1918
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 124
George Whitefield Chadwick
COMPOSER
1854 - 1931
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 125
Johan Ludvig Heiberg
LINGUIST
1854 - 1928
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 126