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Robert Craft

1923 - 2015

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Robert Lawson Craft (October 20, 1923 – November 10, 2015) was an American conductor and writer. He is best known for his intimate professional relationship with Igor Stravinsky, on which Craft drew in producing numerous recordings and books. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Craft is the 122nd most popular conductor (down from 120th in 2019), the 10,662nd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,971st in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Conductor.

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Robert Craft ranks 122 out of 128. Before him are Jeffrey Tate, Malcolm Sargent, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Raymond Leppard, John Pritchard, and Eleazar de Carvalho. After him are Alan Gilbert, Tugan Sokhiev, Arthur Fiedler, Andrew Parrott, Anton Coppola, and Elim Chan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Robert Craft ranks 434. Before him are John M. Allegro, Armand Borel, Mae Young, Ralph Giordano, James Dickey, and Bernice Rubens. After him are John Pulman, Cathleen Synge Morawetz, Ninian Stephen, Franco Bertinetti, Doc Watson, and Larry Storch. Among people deceased in 2015, Robert Craft ranks 439. Before him are Andriy Kuzmenko, Kurt Oppelt, René Vautier, Joan Leslie, Allen Toussaint, and Howard Kendall. After him are Anne-Marie Lizin, Anatoly Logunov, Chris Burden, Abu Anas al-Libi, Andy Fraser, and Steve Strange.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Craft ranks 10,664 out of 20,380. Before him are Sheila Jordan (1928), Aja Naomi King (1985), Eric Holder (1951), Andy Hertzfeld (1953), Katharine Drexel (1858), and M. Scott Peck (1936). After him are David Del Tredici (1937), Myles Kennedy (1969), Paul Johansson (1964), Brian Teacher (1954), John Bunny (1863), and Randy Weston (1926).

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Among CONDUCTORS In United States

Among conductors born in United States, Robert Craft ranks 7. Before him are Herbert Blomstedt (1927), James Levine (1943), John Philip Sousa (1854), Kent Nagano (1951), Charles Mackerras (1925), and Dennis Russell Davies (1944). After him are Alan Gilbert (1967), Arthur Fiedler (1894), and Anton Coppola (1917).

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