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Morton Feldman

1926 - 1987

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Morton Feldman (January 12, 1926 – September 3, 1987) was an American composer. A major figure in 20th-century classical music, Feldman was a pioneer of indeterminacy in music, a development associated with the experimental New York School of composers also including John Cage, Christian Wolff, and Earle Brown. Feldman's works are characterized by notational innovations that he developed to create his characteristic sound: rhythms that seem to be free and floating, pitch shadings that seem softly unfocused, a generally quiet and slowly evolving music, and recurring asymmetric patterns. His later works, after 1977, also explore extremes of duration. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Morton Feldman is the 588th most popular composer (up from 617th in 2019), the 3,090th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,869th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular American Composer.

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Among composers, Morton Feldman ranks 588 out of 1,451. Before him are Amy Beach, Hervé, Tikhon Khrennikov, Manos Hatzidakis, Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, and Ferdinand Hérold. After him are Pasquale Anfossi, Sebastián Iradier, Evald Aav, Tommaso Traetta, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, and Claude Goudimel.

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Among people born in 1926, Morton Feldman ranks 154. Before him are Valerio Zurlini, Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse, Jérôme Lejeune, Zinaida Portnova, Jeffrey Hunter, and Karel Reisz. After him are Philippe Chatrier, Amadeo Carrizo, Per Wahlöö, Jambyn Batmönkh, Sergio Pininfarina, and Mark Taimanov. Among people deceased in 1987, Morton Feldman ranks 79. Before him are Abba Kovner, Anny Ondra, Danny Kaye, Konstantinos Tsatsos, Bengt Strömgren, and Andrei Mironov. After him are Charan Singh, Gerhard Klopfer, Otto Wöhler, Herbert Blumer, Maxwell D. Taylor, and Maria von Trapp.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Morton Feldman ranks 3,090 out of 20,380. Before him are Craig Venter (1946), Jerry Fodor (1935), Sugar Ray Leonard (1956), Emmett Till (1941), Graham Allison (1940), and Laurie Holden (1969). After him are Harold Bloom (1930), Jack Nance (1943), Saul Bass (1920), John Roberts (1955), William C. Durant (1861), and Hiram Rhodes Revels (1827).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Morton Feldman ranks 32. Before him are Bill Conti (1942), Leroy Anderson (1908), Terry Riley (1935), Michael Kamen (1948), John Adams (1947), and Amy Beach (1867). After him are Ernest Guiraud (1837), James Scott (1885), Stephen Foster (1826), Alex North (1910), Basil Poledouris (1945), and Jerome Kern (1885).

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