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Richard Taruskin

1945 - 2022

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Richard Filler Taruskin (April 2, 1945 – July 1, 2022) was an American musicologist and music critic who was among the leading and most prominent music historians of his generation. The breadth of his scrutiny into source material as well as musical analysis that combines sociological, cultural, and political perspectives has incited much discussion, debate and controversy. He regularly wrote music criticism for newspapers including The New York Times. He researched a wide variety of areas, but a central topic was Russian music from the 18th century to the present day. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Taruskin is the 505th most popular historian (up from 528th in 2019), the 9,830th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,027th in 2019) and the 41st most popular American Historian.

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Among historians, Richard Taruskin ranks 505 out of 561. Before him are American Horse, Walter Rodney, Gregory Areshian, Mark Mazower, William Mitchell Ramsay, and Firishta. After him are N. G. L. Hammond, Jacques Barzun, Vladimir Ćorović, Christopher Lasch, Griselda Pollock, and Richard Overy.

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Among people born in 1945, Richard Taruskin ranks 563. Before him are Aleksandr Adabashyan, Carl Robie, Filoimea Telito, Jim Gordon, Randy Matson, and Gail Chanfreau. After him are Claes-Göran Hederström, Mwanza Mukombo, Ewa Lipska, Cliff DeYoung, Ottorino Sartor, and Ralph Doubell. Among people deceased in 2022, Richard Taruskin ranks 526. Before him are Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb, Billy Bingham, Murray Halberg, Enrique Rodríguez, Tomás Boy, and Ilkka Kanerva. After him are Claes-Göran Hederström, Héctor Pulido, David Ray Griffin, Gianni Celati, Danny Ongais, and David Brenner.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Taruskin ranks 9,832 out of 20,380. Before him are Flo Rida (1979), Barney Ewell (1918), Daniel Goldhagen (1959), Mara Corday (1930), Barret Oliver (1973), and Mark Henry (1971). After him are Karen Fukuhara (1992), Erna Schneider Hoover (1926), Susan Peters (1921), Steve Seymour (1920), Danica McKellar (1975), and Riley Reid (1991).

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Among HISTORIANS In United States

Among historians born in United States, Richard Taruskin ranks 41. Before him are Lothrop Stoddard (1883), Stephen F. Cohen (1938), Samuel Eliot Morison (1887), Alfred W. Crosby (1931), Daniel Pipes (1949), and American Horse (1840). After him are Christopher Lasch (1932), David Bordwell (1947), Carroll Quigley (1910), Richard Hofstadter (1916), Francis Parkman (1823), and Anthony Grafton (1950).

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