CONDUCTOR

Adrian Boult

1889 - 1983

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Sir Adrian Cedric Boult, CH (; 8 April 1889 – 22 February 1983) was a British conductor. Brought up in a prosperous mercantile family, he followed musical studies in England and at Leipzig, Germany, with early conducting work in London for the Royal Opera House and Sergei Diaghilev's ballet company. His first prominent post was conductor of the City of Birmingham Orchestra in 1924. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adrian Boult has received more than 264,588 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Adrian Boult is the 84th most popular conductor (up from 89th in 2019), the 2,953rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,189th in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Conductor.

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  • 260k

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  • 49.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Adrian Boult ranks 84 out of 128. Before him are Jiří Bělohlávek, Aleksandr Gauk, Otmar Suitner, Michael Gielen, Ádám Fischer, and Zdeněk Mácal. After him are Charles Mackerras, Claudio Scimone, Ferdinand Leitner, Daniele Gatti, Niyazi, and Jascha Horenstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Adrian Boult ranks 198. Before him are Dirk Coster, Erick-Oskar Hansen, Vera Karalli, Willi Baumeister, Georg Schrimpf, and Vladimir Sokoloff. After him are Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Anita Malfatti, Snub Pollard, Conrad Aiken, Claudia Muzio, and Pearl White. Among people deceased in 1983, Adrian Boult ranks 142. Before him are Harish-Chandra, Oddbjørn Hagen, Bart Bok, Valentín González, Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev, and Gunnar Thoroddsen. After him are Harry James, Émile Veinante, Higinio Morínigo, Rudolf Wolters, Semyon Ignatyev, and Arvīds Pelše.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Adrian Boult ranks 2,953 out of 8,785. Before him are Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (1987), Alan Ball Jr. (1945), Steve Davis (1957), Peter Cheyney (1896), Richard Lydekker (1849), and Hank Marvin (1941). After him are Ben Whishaw (1980), John Phillips (1800), Jackie Collins (1937), Emma Bunton (1976), Helen Fielding (1958), and Richard Burbage (1567).

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Among CONDUCTORS In United Kingdom

Among conductors born in United Kingdom, Adrian Boult ranks 9. Before him are Simon Rattle (1955), John Barbirolli (1899), Thomas Beecham (1879), Colin Davis (1927), Eugene Aynsley Goossens (1893), and Jeffrey Tate (1943). After him are Antonio Pappano (1959), Henry Wood (1869), Raymond Leppard (1927), John Pritchard (1921), Daniel Harding (1975), and Malcolm Sargent (1895).

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