COMPOSER

Ned Rorem

1923 - 2022

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Ned Miller Rorem (October 23, 1923 – November 18, 2022) was an American composer of contemporary classical music and a writer. Best known for his art songs, which number over 500, Rorem was considered the leading American of his time writing in the genre. Frequently described as a neoromantic composer, he showed limited interest in the emerging modernist aesthetic of his lifetime. As a writer, he kept—and later published—numerous diaries in which he spoke candidly of his exchanges and relationships with many cultural figures of America and France. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ned Rorem is the 1,394th most popular composer (down from 1,315th in 2019), the 13,429th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,375th in 2019) and the 132nd most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Ned Rorem ranks 1,394 out of 1,451. Before him are Jesper Kyd, Yuzo Koshiro, Elisabeth Lutyens, William Grant Still, Bernie Worrell, and Don Davis. After him are Charles Wuorinen, Erik Mongrain, Jimmy McHugh, Randall Thompson, Frank Loesser, and Robert Ashley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Ned Rorem ranks 471. Before him are Viktor Shuvalov, Kenny Rollins, Frank Brian, Jean Wallace, Ed McMahon, and Alex Hannum. After him are Anne Jeffreys, Chuck Daigh, Don Barksdale, Kuldip Nayar, Larry Rivers, and Giorgio Pellini. Among people deceased in 2022, Ned Rorem ranks 642. Before him are Andrzej Iwan, Mantas Kvedaravičius, Silvio Longobucco, Creed Taylor, Giuseppe Pericu, and Marco Cornez. After him are Bappi Lahiri, Howard Hesseman, Grace Alele-Williams, Darya Dugina, Volodymyr Struk, and Peter Bowles.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ned Rorem ranks 13,433 out of 20,380. Before him are Eastman Johnson (1824), Gina Philips (1970), Matt Anderson (1987), Charles R. Drew (1904), James Weldon Johnson (1871), and Sherri Howard (1962). After him are Josh Groban (1981), Helen Mack (1913), Larry Nassar (1963), Patrick Joseph Hayes (1867), Tim Hardaway Jr. (1992), and Matt Salinger (1960).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Ned Rorem ranks 132. Before him are George Whitefield Chadwick (1854), David Newman (1954), Jerry Bock (1928), William Grant Still (1895), Bernie Worrell (1944), and Don Davis (1957). After him are Charles Wuorinen (1938), Jimmy McHugh (1894), Randall Thompson (1899), Frank Loesser (1910), Robert Ashley (1930), and Walter Murphy (1952).

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