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Roger Sessions

1896 - 1985

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Roger Huntington Sessions (December 28, 1896 – March 16, 1985) was an American composer, teacher, and writer on music. He had started his career writing in a neoclassical style, but gradually moved towards complex harmonies and postromanticism, and finally the twelve-tone serialism of the Second Viennese School. Sessions's friendship with Arnold Schoenberg influenced him, but he modified his technique to a unique style involving rows to supply melodic themes, while composing subsidiary parts freely. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roger Sessions is the 959th most popular composer (up from 1,126th in 2019), the 5,355th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,326th in 2019) and the 55th most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Roger Sessions ranks 959 out of 1,451. Before him are Lev Knipper, Baude Cordier, Chiquinha Gonzaga, Ralph Benatzky, Franco Donatoni, and Robert Cambert. After him are Juventino Rosas, Charles Burney, Luis de Pablo, John Rutter, Tigran Mansurian, and Tyagaraja.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Roger Sessions ranks 164. Before him are John L. McClellan, Constantin Rădulescu, George Burns, Kathleen McKane Godfree, Philippe Étancelin, and Adhemar Pimenta. After him are Evgeny Schwartz, Lilia Skala, Hubert Lanz, Peter Cheyney, Murray Leinster, and Fritz Heider. Among people deceased in 1985, Roger Sessions ranks 136. Before him are Attilio Bettega, Francesca Bertini, Haruo Remeliik, Ana Mendieta, Márton Bukovi, and Gerhard Stöck. After him are Tatiana Proskouriakoff, Yusuf Lule, Arnold Chikobava, Julie Vlasto, Jan de Quay, and Viorica Ursuleac.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roger Sessions ranks 5,355 out of 20,380. Before him are Francis Scott Key (1779), Sumner Paine (1868), Angry Grandpa (1950), Ed Lee (1952), Art Carney (1918), and Adrienne Barbeau (1945). After him are Tim Blake Nelson (1964), Hal Roach (1892), Michael Curry (1953), Michael Brandon (1945), Russ Tamblyn (1934), and Kim Stanley Robinson (1952).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Roger Sessions ranks 55. Before him are George Crumb (1929), La Monte Young (1935), Elliott Carter (1908), Cathy Berberian (1925), Marvin Hamlisch (1944), and Meredith Monk (1942). After him are William Christie (1944), Kevin MacLeod (1972), Frederic Rzewski (1938), Joseph Lamb (1887), Ferde Grofé (1892), and Walter Piston (1894).

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