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William Schuman

1910 - 1992

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William Howard Schuman (August 4, 1910 – February 15, 1992) was an American composer and arts administrator. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Schuman is the 1,246th most popular composer (down from 1,167th in 2019), the 8,304th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,868th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, William Schuman ranks 1,246 out of 1,451. Before him are Milton Babbitt, Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Cachao, Hilding Rosenberg, Ivor Novello, and Emil Hartmann. After him are Leigh Harline, Sergei Slonimsky, Xian Xinghai, Mark Snow, Masaaki Suzuki, and Antón García Abril.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, William Schuman ranks 308. Before him are Robert Earl Jones, Herbert Adamski, Óscar Osorio, Petar Trifunović, John R. Pierce, and Mario Alborta. After him are Inge Meysel, Max Miedinger, Abraham Polonsky, Jack Carson, Felipe Rosas, and Josef Hassmann. Among people deceased in 1992, William Schuman ranks 218. Before him are Mohamed Benhima, Luka Lipošinović, Zoltán Lajos Bay, Arvo Ylppö, Morris Kline, and Brenda Marshall. After him are Paul Winter, Jan Flinterman, László Szabados, Zellig Harris, Andor Földes, and Per Olof Sundman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Schuman ranks 8,306 out of 20,380. Before him are Diana Barrymore (1921), Chad Everett (1937), Grove Karl Gilbert (1843), Frederica von Stade (1945), Clarence Darrow (1857), and Pat O'Brien (1899). After him are Dylan O'Brien (1991), Natalie Talmadge (1896), Richard Riehle (1948), Sarah Frances Whiting (1847), Steve Lawrence (1935), and William M. Tweed (1823).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, William Schuman ranks 83. Before him are Elliot Goldenthal (1954), Glenn Branca (1948), Leonard Slatkin (1944), Frank Churchill (1901), David Diamond (1915), and Milton Babbitt (1916). After him are Leigh Harline (1907), Mark Snow (1946), Virgil Thomson (1896), Marco Beltrami (1966), H. C. Robbins Landon (1926), and Florence Price (1887).

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