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Coriún Aharonián

Coriún Aharonián, Uruguayan composer and musicologist (died 2017)

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Born
August 4, 1940
Died
October 8, 2017
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1940

About Coriún Aharonián

Coriún Aharonián (4 August 1940 – 8 October 2017; born in Montevideo) was an Uruguayan composer and musicologist of Armenian ethnicity. He was a pupil of Luigi Nono, Héctor Tosar, Lauro Ayestarán, Gerardo Gandini, Vinko Globokar, György Ligeti, Gordon Mumma, Folke Rabe, Fernando von Reichenbach, Christian Wolff, and Iannis Xenakis. In 2004 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. He was married to musicologist Graciela Paraskevaídis. Among the students of Coriún Aharonián were musicians such as Jorge Drexler, Jaime Roos, Rubén Olivera, Leo Masliah, Jorge Lazaroff, Luis Trochón, Mauricio Ubal, Gonzalo Varela, and Carlos da Silveira.

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The world when Coriún Aharonián was born

Coriún Aharonián was born in 1940. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1940

  • #1 song"In the Mood" – Glenn Miller
  • Top movieRebecca
  • Best-selling bookFor Whom the Bell Tolls – Ernest Hemingway

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst televised college basketball game
  • Top headlineWinston Churchill becomes British Prime Minister
  • Technology milestoneFirst McDonald's restaurant opens
  • Defining fadSwing music hits its peak
  • Notable inventionJeep (military vehicle)
  • World population2.30 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championCincinnati Reds (World Series)
  • U.S. population132.2M

1940 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Coriún Aharonián's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19402026
Gas$0.18$3.45/gal
Average home$5,300$435,000
Average income$3,100$67,500
Minimum wage$0.30$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population132.2M341 million

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