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Terry Riley

1935 - Today

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Terrence Mitchell Riley (born June 24, 1935) is an American composer and performing musician best known as a pioneer of the minimalist school of composition. Influenced by jazz and Indian classical music, his work became notable for its innovative use of repetition, tape music techniques, improvisation, and delay systems. His best known works are the 1964 composition In C and the 1969 album A Rainbow in Curved Air, both considered landmarks of minimalism and important influences on experimental music, rock, and contemporary electronic music. Subsequent works such as Shri Camel (1980) explored just intonation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Terry Riley is the 534th most popular composer (down from 476th in 2019), the 2,823rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,233rd in 2019) and the 28th most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Terry Riley ranks 534 out of 1,451. Before him are David Rose, Frederick Delius, Pancho Vladigerov, Remo Giazotto, Franz Xaver Richter, and Erwin Schulhoff. After him are Albert Ketèlbey, Michael Kamen, Vasily Kalinnikov, Gara Garayev, Henri Duparc, and R. D. Burman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Terry Riley ranks 121. Before him are Mário Coluna, Vladislav Volkov, Julian Glover, Michael Walzer, Judd Hirsch, and Fabio Cudicini. After him are Gene Vincent, Nikos Sampson, Peter Boyle, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Orlando Peçanha, and Lyudmila Chernykh.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Terry Riley ranks 2,823 out of 20,380. Before him are Dwight F. Davis (1879), Richard Hatch (1945), Gerrit Smith Miller (1869), Carolyn Jones (1930), Henry H. Arnold (1886), and Ron Johnson (1955). After him are Everett McGill (1945), Clancy Brown (1959), Michael Kamen (1948), Ron DeSantis (1978), Emma Stone (1988), and Lily Tomlin (1939).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Terry Riley ranks 28. Before him are Paul Bowles (1910), Danny Elfman (1953), James Newton Howard (1951), George Antheil (1900), Bill Conti (1942), and Leroy Anderson (1908). After him are Michael Kamen (1948), John Adams (1947), Amy Beach (1867), Morton Feldman (1926), Ernest Guiraud (1837), and James Scott (1885).

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