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Vincent Persichetti

1915 - 1987

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Vincent Ludwig Persichetti (June 6, 1915 – August 14, 1987) was an American composer, teacher, and pianist. An important musical educator and writer, he was known for his integration of various new ideas in musical composition into his own work and teaching, as well as for training many noted composers in composition at the Juilliard School. His students at Juilliard included Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Larry Thomas Bell, Bruce Adolphe, Louis Calabro, Moshe Cotel, Michael Jeffrey Shapiro, Laurie Spiegel, Kenneth Fuchs, Richard Danielpour, Lawrence Dillon, Peter Schickele, Lowell Liebermann, Robert Witt, Elena Ruehr, William Schimmel, Leonardo Balada, Gitta Steiner, Hank Beebe, Roland Wiggins, Thomas Pasatieri, Randell Croley and Leo Brouwer. He also taught composition to Joseph Willcox Jenkins and conductor James DePreist at the Philadelphia Conservatory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vincent Persichetti is the 1,335th most popular composer (down from 1,329th in 2019), the 10,613th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,811th in 2019) and the 110th most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Vincent Persichetti ranks 1,335 out of 1,451. Before him are Bruce Broughton, Detto Mariano, Poul Ruders, Karel Husa, Rauf Hajiyev, and Enoch Sontonga. After him are David Del Tredici, Mark Mancina, Emīls Dārziņš, Harald Kloser, Joel Goldsmith, and Tibor Serly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Vincent Persichetti ranks 267. Before him are Ran Laurie, Helmut Niedermayr, Heinrich Albertz, Anita Louise, Junior Durkin, and Ernest Lehman. After him are Siegfried Powolny, Ewan MacColl, Antonio Giolitti, Mady Rahl, Joe Mantell, and Yvonne Mitchell. Among people deceased in 1987, Vincent Persichetti ranks 240. Before him are Raya Dunayevskaya, Ted Moore, George Gulack, Antonio Janni, Rudolf Krause, and Errol Barrow. After him are Madge Kennedy, Aileen Meagher, Priscilla Dean, Alice Terry, Andrei Bărbulescu, and Viola Dana.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Vincent Persichetti ranks 10,615 out of 20,380. Before him are Lois Wilson (1894), Michael Lewis (1960), Noble Johnson (1881), Eric Fleming (1925), David Malpass (1956), and Ed Powers (1954). After him are Proof (1973), Martin David Kruskal (1925), Ann Dvorak (1911), Leatrice Joy (1893), Alan Taylor (1959), and Grant Show (1962).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Vincent Persichetti ranks 110. Before him are Morten Lauridsen (1943), John Debney (1956), Spike Jones (1911), Steve Jablonsky (1970), Howard Hanson (1896), and Bruce Broughton (1945). After him are David Del Tredici (1937), Mark Mancina (1957), Joel Goldsmith (1957), Norman Dello Joio (1913), Earl Scruggs (1924), and Lou Harrison (1917).

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