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H. C. Robbins Landon

1926 - 2009

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Howard Chandler Robbins Landon (March 6, 1926 – November 20, 2009) was an American musicologist, journalist, historian and broadcaster, best known for his work in rediscovering the huge body of neglected music by Haydn and in correcting misunderstandings about Mozart. The son of a musician, Landon became enthusiastic about Haydn's compositions in high school and was eager to pursue a career in Haydn scholarship. He studied with, among others, Karl Geiringer, an authority on Haydn, graduating with a music degree in 1947. He moved to Europe, where he lived for the rest of his life. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. H. C. Robbins Landon is the 1,264th most popular composer (up from 1,303rd in 2019), the 8,768th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,155th in 2019) and the 88th most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, H. C. Robbins Landon ranks 1,264 out of 1,451. Before him are Rachel Portman, Kōsaku Yamada, Kurt Thomas, Józef Kozłowski, Georg Friedrich Haas, and Marco Beltrami. After him are Victor Herbert, Gerald Finzi, Näcip Cihanov, Peter Warlock, Vladimir Martynov, and Florence Price.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, H. C. Robbins Landon ranks 415. Before him are James Best, Charlotte Rae, Bernard Nathanson, Roberto Goyeneche, A. N. R. Robinson, and Bob Richards. After him are Raymond Gosling, Günter de Bruyn, H. R. Haldeman, Piero Drogo, Zakaria Chihab, and Nel van Vliet. Among people deceased in 2009, H. C. Robbins Landon ranks 292. Before him are Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic, Ine Schäffer, Gayatri Devi, Luciano Emmer, Héctor Rossetto, and Jan Kaplický. After him are Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Kálmán Markovits, Heini Walter, Peter Arundell, Jackie Pretorius, and Anna-Maria Müller.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, H. C. Robbins Landon ranks 8,770 out of 20,380. Before him are Bill Farmer (1952), Mary Badham (1952), Tim "Ripper" Owens (1967), Guy Madison (1922), Liv Morgan (1994), and Alexis Denisof (1966). After him are Minka Kelly (1980), Poppy (1995), Christina Milian (1981), Elizabeth Gertrude Britton (1858), Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835), and Tom Florie (1897).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, H. C. Robbins Landon ranks 88. Before him are Milton Babbitt (1916), William Schuman (1910), Leigh Harline (1907), Mark Snow (1946), Virgil Thomson (1896), and Marco Beltrami (1966). After him are Florence Price (1887), Vincent Youmans (1898), Pauline Oliveros (1932), Conlon Nancarrow (1912), Jonathan Larson (1960), and Lowell Mason (1792).

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