Person

Carl Sprague Ruggles

Carl Ruggles (born Charles Sprague Ruggles; March 11, 1876 – October 24, 1971) was an American composer, painter and teacher. His pieces employed "dissonant counterpoint", a term coined by fellow composer and musicologist 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 numbe…

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Artist details

Type
Person
Area
United States
Born
March 11th, 1876
Died
October 24th, 1971
Genres
Labels
Naxos
London Records
Deutsche Grammophon
Ondine
Cedille
Last updated: July 14th, 2018·MusicBrainz

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