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Also known as Charles Sprague Ruggles, Carl Sprague Ruggles, Ruggles

American composer (1876-1971)

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1876-03-11
Active to
1971-10-24

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Charles "Carl" Sprague Ruggles (March 11, 1876 – October 24, 1971) was an American composer of the American Five group. He wrote finely-crafted pieces using "dissonant counterpoint", a term coined by Charles Seeger to describe Ruggles' music. His method of atonal counterpoint was based on a non-serial technique of avoiding repeating a pitch class until a generally fixed number such as eight pitch classes intervened. He wrote painstakingly slowly so his output is quite small. <a href="https://www

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Carl
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Marion
Place of death
Bennington
Occupation
painter
Languages spoken
English language
Field of work
painting
Instrument
violin
Image
Ruggles 1911.jpg
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date of birth
1876-03-11
date of death
1971-10-24
has works in the collection
Whitney Museum of American Art
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