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Roy Harris

1898 - 1979

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Roy Ellsworth Harris (February 12, 1898 – October 1, 1979) was an American composer. He wrote music on American subjects, and is best known for his Symphony No. 3. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roy Harris is the 1,362nd most popular composer (down from 1,351st in 2019), the 11,439th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,393rd in 2019) and the 120th most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Roy Harris ranks 1,362 out of 1,451. Before him are Abel Korzeniowski, George Fenton, Jerry Herman, Udo Zimmermann, Javier Navarrete, and Kaoru Wada. After him are Eubie Blake, Christian Wolff, George Perle, Samuel Adler, Hans Abrahamsen, and Angus MacLise.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Roy Harris ranks 301. Before him are Humberto Tomasina, Rachel Fuller Brown, Baby Dodds, Ewald Balser, Owen Barfield, and Harry Edward. After him are Stephen Vincent Benét, Tom Whittaker, Gracie Fields, Wiley Post, Molly Picon, and Ludwig Bemelmans. Among people deceased in 1979, Roy Harris ranks 277. Before him are Yvonne Mitchell, Dick Esser, Edgar Buchanan, John F. Seitz, George Brent, and Lowell George. After him are Arthur Fiedler, J. G. Farrell, Yuri Krylov, Gracie Fields, Zoltán Várkonyi, and Sally Rand.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roy Harris ranks 11,441 out of 20,380. Before him are Bayard Taylor (1825), John Toll (1952), George Tobias (1901), Mitch Lucker (1984), Evelyn Hooker (1907), and Paul Winter (1939). After him are Alan Gilbert (1967), Lyle Campbell (1942), Julie Bishop (1914), Samantha Smith (1969), Terry Kiser (1939), and Amy Sedaris (1961).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Roy Harris ranks 120. Before him are Norman Dello Joio (1913), Earl Scruggs (1924), Lou Harrison (1917), Robert Russell Bennett (1894), George Bruns (1914), and Jerry Herman (1931). After him are Eubie Blake (2), George Perle (1915), Angus MacLise (1938), Fred Ebb (1928), Raymond Scott (1908), and George Whitefield Chadwick (1854).

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