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Paul Bowles

1910 - 1999

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Paul Frederic Bowles (; December 30, 1910 – November 18, 1999) was an American expatriate composer, author, and translator. He became associated with the Moroccan city of Tangier, where he settled in 1947 and lived for 52 years to the end of his life. Following a cultured middle-class upbringing in New York City, during which he displayed a talent for music and writing, Bowles pursued his education at the University of Virginia before making several trips to Paris in the 1930s. He studied music with Aaron Copland, and in New York wrote music for theatrical productions, as well as other compositions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Bowles is the 466th most popular composer (up from 534th in 2019), the 2,490th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,482nd in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Paul Bowles ranks 466 out of 1,451. Before him are Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Gabriel Pierné, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Pēteris Vasks, Ferenc Erkel, and Jaufre Rudel. After him are Joseph Martin Kraus, Friedrich von Flotow, Antonio Maria Abbatini, Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska, Étienne Méhul, and Johann Gottfried Walther.

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Among people born in 1910, Paul Bowles ranks 87. Before him are Louis Slotin, Juan Velasco Alvarado, Hideo Shinojima, Viktors Arājs, Rudolf Lange, and Eero Saarinen. After him are Chico Xavier, Masayoshi Ōhira, Nguyễn Hữu Thọ, Julien Gracq, Ngô Đình Nhu, and He Zizhen. Among people deceased in 1999, Paul Bowles ranks 66. Before him are Victor Mature, Gyula Zsengellér, Edward Dmytryk, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Charlotte Perriand, and Hermine Braunsteiner. After him are Igor Netto, Barış Manço, Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, Viacheslav Chornovil, Ri Jong-ok, and Maurice Couve de Murville.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Bowles ranks 2,490 out of 20,380. Before him are Agnes Moorehead (1900), Anne Sexton (1928), Marc Anthony (1968), Don Rosa (1951), Aaron Eckhart (1968), and Othniel Charles Marsh (1831). After him are Dan White (1946), John Hughes (1950), Mike Dunleavy (1961), Sundance Kid (1867), William H. Seward (1801), and Justin Timberlake (1981).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Paul Bowles ranks 22. Before him are Alan Silvestri (1950), Aaron Copland (1900), Bernard Herrmann (1911), Cole Porter (1891), Richard Rodgers (1902), and Elmer Bernstein (1922). After him are Danny Elfman (1953), James Newton Howard (1951), George Antheil (1900), Bill Conti (1942), Leroy Anderson (1908), and Terry Riley (1935).

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