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Rebecca Clarke

1886 - 1979

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Rebecca Helferich Clarke (27 August 1886 – 13 October 1979) was a British classical composer and violist. Internationally renowned as a viola virtuoso, she also became one of the first female professional orchestral players in London. Rebecca Clarke had a German mother and an American father, and spent substantial periods of her life in the United States, where she permanently settled after World War II. She was born in Harrow and studied at the Royal Academy of Music and Royal College of Music in London. Stranded in the United States at the outbreak of World War II, she married composer and pianist James Friskin in 1944. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rebecca Clarke is the 837th most popular composer (up from 1,009th in 2019), the 2,573rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,832nd in 2019) and the 37th most popular British Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Rebecca Clarke ranks 837 out of 1,451. Before her are Airat Ichmouratov, Eduard Artemyev, Egberto Gismonti, Friedrich Cerha, Michael Tippett, and George Crumb. After her are Salvatore Sciarrino, La Monte Young, Elliott Carter, Nicolas Gombert, Cesare Pugni, and Heino Eller.

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Among people born in 1886, Rebecca Clarke ranks 151. Before her are Radhabinod Pal, Alexander Svanidze, Florence Lawrence, Mohammad-Taqi Bahar, Constant Permeke, and Itzhak Katzenelson. After her are John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, Malak Hifni Nasif, Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao, August Rei, Mikhail Tereshchenko, and Ernst May. Among people deceased in 1979, Rebecca Clarke ranks 122. Before her are Jack Haley, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Issa Pliyev, Jean Rhys, David Butler, and Barbara Hutton. After her are Walter Legge, Minnie Riperton, Lothar Wolleh, Vsevolod Bobrov, Juana de Ibarbourou, and Frederick Stafford.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Rebecca Clarke ranks 2,574 out of 8,785. Before her are James Harrington (1611), Midge Ure (1953), Robert Morley (1908), John Kemp Starley (1854), John Burgoyne (1722), and William Congreve (1670). After her are Francis Pym (1922), Mervyn King, Baron King of Lothbury (1948), John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (1886), Mick Fleetwood (1947), Jonathan Wild (1683), and Prince Maurice of Battenberg (1891).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Rebecca Clarke ranks 37. Before her are John Stanley (1712), Thomas Morley (1557), Stanley Myers (1930), Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892), York Bowen (1884), and Michael Tippett (1905). After her are John Tavener (1944), Frank Bridge (1879), Hubert Parry (1848), Arnold Bax (1883), Charles Burney (1726), and John Rutter (1945).

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