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Pauline Oliveros

1932 - 2016

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Pauline Oliveros (May 30, 1932 – November 24, 2016) was an American composer and accordionist. Considered a central figure in the development of post-war experimental and electronic music, she was a founding member of the San Francisco Tape Music Center in the early 1960s, and served as its director. She taught music at Mills College, the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Oliveros authored books, formulated new music theories, and investigated new ways to focus attention on music including her concepts of "deep listening" and "sonic awareness", drawing on metaphors from cybernetics. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pauline Oliveros is the 1,273rd most popular composer (down from 1,201st in 2019), the 9,037th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,284th in 2019) and the 91st most popular American Composer.

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Among composers, Pauline Oliveros ranks 1,273 out of 1,451. Before her are Näcip Cihanov, Peter Warlock, Vladimir Martynov, Florence Price, Vincent Youmans, and Klaus Egge. After her are Federico Chueca, Alexandre Levy, Conlon Nancarrow, Mikhail Gnessin, Erkki-Sven Tüür, and Toshio Hosokawa.

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Among people born in 1932, Pauline Oliveros ranks 439. Before her are Antonio Suárez, Anatoly Roshchin, Noël Milarew Odingar, Marc Bazin, Abel Aganbegyan, and Vitold Kreyer. After her are Dino Bruni, Roald Sagdeev, Policarpo Paz García, Rokurō Naya, Alberto Winkler, and Ernst Hinterseer. Among people deceased in 2016, Pauline Oliveros ranks 435. Before her are David Margulies, Ronit Elkabetz, Anatoly Roshchin, Donald E. Williams, Jacques Rouffio, and Abu Mohammad al-Adnani. After her are Solomon Marcus, John Urry, Vince Boryla, Ellen Niit, Aki Schmidt, and Anton Pronk.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Pauline Oliveros ranks 9,039 out of 20,380. Before her are Robert Alda (1914), Kelly Rowland (1981), Richard Tyson (1956), Robert Ripley (1890), John Ashcroft (1942), and Dana DeArmond (1979). After her are Jerrie Cobb (1931), Daniel Chester French (1850), Damien Sandow (1982), Lil Peep (1996), Stanley Turrentine (1934), and Ned Luke (1958).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Pauline Oliveros ranks 91. Before her are Mark Snow (1946), Virgil Thomson (1896), Marco Beltrami (1966), H. C. Robbins Landon (1926), Florence Price (1887), and Vincent Youmans (1898). After her are Conlon Nancarrow (1912), Jonathan Larson (1960), Lowell Mason (1792), Paul Williams (1940), Shirley Walker (1945), and Peter Schickele (1935).

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