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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 245,024 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Adrian Boult is the 89th most popular conductor (down from 82nd in 2019), the 3,197th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,170th in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Conductor.

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Adrian Boult ranks 89 out of 97Before him are Claudio Scimone, Gustavo Dudamel, Otmar Suitner, Paul Paray, Hans Zender, and Eri Klas. After him are Grzegorz Fitelberg, Georg Schnéevoigt, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Milan Horvat, Daniele Gatti, and Nikolai Golovanov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Adrian Boult ranks 189Before him are Dietrich Kraiss, Sadhu Sundar Singh, Bodil Ipsen, Gerhard Marcks, Anita Loos, and Francis Spellman. After him are Vera Karalli, Amrit Kaur, Richard O'Connor, Géo André, Efrem Zimbalist, and Clifton Webb. Among people deceased in 1983, Adrian Boult ranks 153Before him are Otto Heckmann, Gunnar Thoroddsen, James Jamerson, Neil Ritchie, Jānis Ivanovs, and Gyula Lázár. After him are José Iraragorri, Nina Dumbadze, Mordecai Kaplan, Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev, Eugène Chaboud, and José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Adrian Boult ranks 3,197 out of 7,765Before him are Sienna Guillory (1975), Martin Parr (1952), Robin Hill (1899), Sidney Gilchrist Thomas (1850), Charles Lee (1731), and Robert W. Paul (1869). After him are Bob Anderson (1922), Clint Mansell (1963), Amelia Edwards (1831), James B. Francis (1815), John Lennard-Jones (1894), and Bob Shaw (1931).

Among CONDUCTORS In United Kingdom

Among conductors born in United Kingdom, Adrian Boult ranks 9Before him are Simon Rattle (1955), John Barbirolli (1899), Colin Davis (1927), Thomas Beecham (1879), Jeffrey Tate (1943), and Henry Wood (1869). After him are Antonio Pappano (1959), John Pritchard (1921), Malcolm Sargent (1895), Daniel Harding (1975), Raymond Leppard (1927), and Andrew Parrott (1947).