Carl Ruggles

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Carl Ruggles was an American modernist composer known for his highly dissonant, meticulously crafted orchestral and chamber works and his association with contemporaries like Charles Ives.

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instanceOf American modernist composer
composer
human
associatedWith Charles Ives NERFINISHED
Charles Seeger NERFINISHED
Edgard Varèse NERFINISHED
Henry Cowell NERFINISHED
burialPlace Bennington, Vermont, United States NERFINISHED
compositionalTechnique dissonant counterpoint
meticulous motivic development
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1876-03-11
dateOfDeath 1971-10-24
describedAs American ultra-modernist composer
ethnicGroup White American
familyName Ruggles NERFINISHED
fullName Charles Sprague Ruggles NERFINISHED
genre chamber music
classical music
orchestral music
givenName Charles
hasInstrument piano
violin
influenced American avant-garde composers NERFINISHED
influencedBy Charles Ives NERFINISHED
European modernism NERFINISHED
knownFor slow, painstaking compositional process
small but highly refined output
languageOfLyrics English
movement modernism
musicalStyle highly dissonant
non-serial atonality
nickname Carl NERFINISHED
notableStudent none widely documented
notableWork Angels NERFINISHED
Evocations NERFINISHED
Men and Mountains NERFINISHED
Organum NERFINISHED
Portals NERFINISHED
Sun-Treader NERFINISHED
Toys NERFINISHED
Vox Clamans in Deserto NERFINISHED
occupation composer
painter
placeOfBirth Marion, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Bennington, Vermont, United States NERFINISHED
residence New York City, United States NERFINISHED
Vermont, United States NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
workPeriod 20th century

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Description of subject: Carl Ruggles was an American modernist composer known for his highly dissonant, meticulously crafted orchestral and chamber works and his association with contemporaries like Charles Ives.

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