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Richard Taruskin, a Common card
Richard Taruskin was an American musicologist and music critic.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 67
- Power
- 141
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 11,000
Power 141 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Richard Taruskin quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Richard Taruskin card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is best known for the six-volume Oxford History of ______ Music.
Answer
Western. He is best known for the six-volume Oxford History of Western Music. From the Richard Taruskin article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Urban design. Urban design 78 · Richard Taruskin 74 · Angelus Silesius 71 · Antonio da Sangallo the Younger 65 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- His analyses combined cultural, historical, political, and sociological perspectives with rigorous source study and sparked debate.
- He focused on 18th-to-21st-century Russian music but also researched 15th- and 20th-century music, analysis, modernism, musical nationalism, and performance theory.
- He is best known for the six-volume Oxford History of Western Music.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Richard Taruskin article was read about 11,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 67: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get Richard Taruskin
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The cards just above and just below Richard Taruskin in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Jean-Marie LehnCommon · Science · ATK 67 DEF 74
- Mark KennedyCommon · History · ATK 72 DEF 69
- Rene BourqueCommon · Society · ATK 73 DEF 68
- Yeghishe CharentsCommon · History · ATK 67 DEF 74
- Antonio da Sangallo the YoungerCommon · Arts · ATK 65 DEF 76
- John Taylor & CoCommon · Society · ATK 71 DEF 70
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Richard Taruskin (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Olorulus, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
