COMPOSER

Harold Arlen

1905 - 1986

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Harold Arlen (born Hyman Arluck; February 15, 1905 – April 23, 1986) was an American composer of popular music, who composed over 500 songs, a number of which have become known worldwide. In addition to composing the songs for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz (lyrics by Yip Harburg), including "Over the Rainbow", which won him the Oscar for Best Original Song, he was nominated as composer for 8 other Oscar awards. Arlen is a highly regarded contributor to the Great American Songbook. "Over the Rainbow" was voted the 20th century's No. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Harold Arlen is the 829th most popular composer (up from 971st in 2019), the 4,513th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,805th in 2019) and the 48th most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Harold Arlen ranks 829 out of 1,451. Before him are Ciprian Porumbescu, Giovanni Artusi, Emanuele d'Astorga, Krzysztof Komeda, Johann von Herbeck, and Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský. After him are Heinrich Scheidemann, Airat Ichmouratov, Eduard Artemyev, Egberto Gismonti, Friedrich Cerha, and Michael Tippett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Harold Arlen ranks 161. Before him are Joan Coromines, Pierre Brasseur, Harry Harlow, Étienne Mattler, Sanford Meisner, and Fumiko Enchi. After him are Rózsa Péter, Hans Freudenthal, Michael Tippett, Jan Gies, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, and Ramiro Ledesma Ramos. Among people deceased in 1986, Harold Arlen ranks 125. Before him are Gregory Jarvis, Princess Anne of Orléans, Ivan Papanin, Étienne Mattler, Fumiko Enchi, and Adolfo Baloncieri. After him are Howard Da Silva, Ernst Lehner, Géza von Radványi, D. R. Kaprekar, Valerian Zorin, and Vasily Ignatenko.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harold Arlen ranks 4,513 out of 20,380. Before him are Dorothy McGuire (1916), Jim Rohn (1930), Lori Lightfoot (1962), Richard E. Bellman (1920), Jonathan Franzen (1959), and David Cassidy (1950). After him are William Forsythe (1949), Jon Cryer (1965), Tim Russ (1956), Leon Uris (1924), Veronica Hart (1956), and Moses Malone (1955).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Harold Arlen ranks 48. Before him are Stephen Sondheim (1930), Edward MacDowell (1860), Dave Grusin (1934), Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884), Brian Tyler (1972), and Thomas Newman (1955). After him are George Crumb (1929), La Monte Young (1935), Elliott Carter (1908), Cathy Berberian (1925), Marvin Hamlisch (1944), and Meredith Monk (1942).

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