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Eric Whitacre

Eric Whitacre is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of John Corigliano, Hans Zimmer and Trent Reznor. Those roots explain a lot about how Eric Whitacre arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as John Rutter, Benjamin Britten, Arvo Pärt, Gabriel Fauré and Karl Jenkins, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Voces8 and The Tallis Scholars, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around Eric Whitacre, reaching back through John Corigliano and forward to Voces8. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Eric WhitacreJohn CoriglianoHans ZimmerTrent ReznorVoces8The Tallis ScholarsJohn RutterBenjamin BrittenArvo PärtGabriel FauréKarl JenkinsIgor StravinskySamuel BarberHenry Purcell

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Eric Whitacre connections

Eric Whitacre grew out of John Corigliano, Hans Zimmer and Trent Reznor, shares an orbit with John Rutter, Benjamin Britten, Arvo Pärt and Gabriel Fauré, went on to shape Voces8 and The Tallis Scholars. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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