Ralph Towner

Person · Open Library

Works

1

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1940-03-01

Active to

2026-01-18

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Listeners

94,098

Total plays

1,010,596

Ralph Towner (born in Chehalis, Washington, on 1 March 1940; died 18 January 2026) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist (especially guitar), composer, arranger, and bandleader who played the twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, synthesizer, percussion, trumpet, and French horn. Towner made notable recordings of jazz, classical music, folk music, and world music. In college Towner first majored in music composition at the University of Oregon. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. QUANTUM ESPRESSO: a modular and open-source software project for quantum simulations of materials

   · 2009 · cited 22,967x

2. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

   · 2001 · cited 18,616x

3. The value of the world's ecosystem services and natural capital

   · 1997 · cited 16,327x

4. Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

   · 2020 · cited 15,964x

5. Dendritic cells and the control of immunity

   · 1998 · cited 10,892x

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