# Ben Johnston

> Benjamin Burwell Johnston Jr. was an American contemporary music composer, known for his use of just intonation. He was called "one of the foremost composers of microtonal music" by Philip Bush and "one of the best non-famous composers this country has to offer" by John Rockwell.

*American composer (1926–2019)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/ben-johnston-q816527

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1926-03-15
- **Died:** 2019-07-21
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 49.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 13.5 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 11.2 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 70.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 65.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **X**: https://x.com/NewDissonance (@NewDissonance)
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8677451/ (@nm8677451)

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/600882)
- [بين جونستون](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86)
- [بين جونستون (ملحن)](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86))
- [Ben Johnston](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Johnston)
- [Ben Johnston (composer)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Johnston_(composer))
- [Ben Johnston](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Johnston)
- [بن جانستون](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86)
- [Ben Johnston (compositeur)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Johnston_(compositeur))
- [Ben Johnston](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Johnston)
- [ベン・ジョンストン](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3)
- [Бен Джонстон (композитор)](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80))
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/206f451b-c21b-439e-9aa3-d088f1b883bc)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q816527)
- [Ben Johnston](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4017495)

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