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Anton Karas

1906 - 1985

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Anton Karl Karas (7 July 1906 – 10 January 1985) was an Austrian zither player and composer, best known for his internationally famous 1948 soundtrack to Carol Reed's The Third Man. His association with the film came about as a result of a chance meeting with its director. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anton Karas has received more than 241,718 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Anton Karas is the 627th most popular musician (down from 528th in 2019), the 542nd most popular biography from Austria (down from 484th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Austrian Musician.

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  • 240k

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  • 54.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Anton Karas ranks 627 out of 3,175. Before her are Hillel Slovak, Zequinha de Abreu, Steve Howe, Bob Sinclar, Evgeny Kissin, and Clive Burr. After her are Klaus Voormann, Clifford Brown, Jadranka Stojaković, Maxim Shostakovich, Damon Albarn, and Carl Flesch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Anton Karas ranks 137. Before her are Tekla Juniewicz, Alec Issigonis, Zinka Milanov, J. R. Jayewardene, T. H. White, and Lilian Harvey. After her are Paolo Stoppa, Jim Thompson, Princess Anne of Orléans, Edward Ochab, Samad Vurgun, and Wilhelm Boger. Among people deceased in 1985, Anton Karas ranks 88. Before her are Vladimir Jankélévitch, Lovro von Matačić, André Hunebelle, Oreco, Princess Eudoxia of Bulgaria, and Hermann Priess. After her are Géza Toldi, Stefan Bellof, Susanne Langer, Evgeny Lifshitz, Paul Castellano, and Omayra Sánchez.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Anton Karas ranks 542 out of 1,424. Before her are Max Nettlau (1865), Michael Mayr (1864), Margaret of Austria, Electress of Saxony (1416), Archduke Peter Ferdinand of Austria (1874), Walter Mischel (1930), and Princess Marie Louise of Hanover (1879). After her are Kazimierz Twardowski (1866), Bernhard Wicki (1919), Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1882), Fritz Heider (1896), Franz Klammer (1953), and Hieronymus von Colloredo (1732).

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Among MUSICIANS In Austria

Among musicians born in Austria, Anton Karas ranks 17. Before her are Paul Wittgenstein (1887), Willi Boskovsky (1909), Annie Fischer (1914), Paul Badura-Skoda (1927), Henri Herz (1803), and Ingrid Haebler (1926). After her are Jörg Demus (1928), Wolfgang Schneiderhan (1915), Ignaz von Seyfried (1776), Parov Stelar (1974), Hans Rosbaud (1895), and Joseph Woelfl (1773).

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