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Arthur Nikisch

1855 - 1922

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Arthur Nikisch (12 October 1855 – 23 January 1922) was a Hungarian conductor who performed internationally, holding posts in Boston, London, Leipzig and—most importantly—Berlin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur Nikisch has received more than 105,308 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Arthur Nikisch is the 275th most popular musician (down from 259th in 2019), the 140th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 129th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Hungarian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Arthur Nikisch ranks 275 out of 3,175. Before him are Charles Mingus, Mauro Giuliani, Lars Ulrich, PJ Harvey, Keith Moon, and Slash. After him are Grigory Sokolov, Roger Daltrey, Art Blakey, Burt Bacharach, Michael Cretu, and Mischa Maisky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1855, Arthur Nikisch ranks 17. Before him are Paul Deschanel, Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal, Ned Kelly, Robert Koldewey, Paul-Jacques Curie, and Živojin Mišić. After him are Inukai Tsuyoshi, Robert de Montesquiou, Georges Rodenbach, Narayana Guru, Guido Adler, and Anatoly Lyadov. Among people deceased in 1922, Arthur Nikisch ranks 38. Before him are Velimir Khlebnikov, Ōkuma Shigenobu, Hermann Alexander Diels, Henri Désiré Landru, Catherine Dolgorukov, and Giovanni Verga. After him are Gaston, Count of Eu, Edmund Leighton, Wolfgang Kapp, Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, Vlaho Bukovac, and Wilhelm Voigt.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Arthur Nikisch ranks 140 out of 1,077. Before him are Peter Delyan (1009), Imi Lichtenfeld (1910), Gusztáv Sebes (1906), Georg Solti (1912), Mária Telkes (1900), and Katalin Novák (1977). After him are Ferenc Deák (1803), Béla Tarr (1955), Michael Polanyi (1891), György Sárosi (1912), Brassaï (1899), and Gyula Lóránt (1923).

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Among MUSICIANS In Hungary

Among musicians born in Hungary, Arthur Nikisch ranks 2. Before him are György Cziffra (1921). After him are Leopold Auer (1845), András Schiff (1953), Rezső Seress (1889), Tommy Ramone (1949), Géza Anda (1921), Eugene Ormandy (1899), Jenő Hubay (1858), Carl Flesch (1873), Stephen Heller (1813), and Lili Kraus (1903).

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