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Carlos Kleiber

1930 - 2004

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Carlos Kleiber (3 July 1930 – 13 July 2004) was a German-born Austrian conductor, who is widely regarded as among the greatest conductors of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carlos Kleiber has received more than 355,339 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Carlos Kleiber is the 130th most popular musician (up from 2,367th in 2019), the 652nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 650th in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Musician.

Carlos Kleiber is most famous for his work with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the Bavarian State Opera. He was known for his interpretations of Beethoven, Wagner, and Strauss.

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  • 360k

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  • 63.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Carlos Kleiber ranks 130 out of 2,662Before him are Joe Hisaishi, Stuart Sutcliffe, Alice Cooper, Jacqueline du Pré, Till Lindemann, and Roger Glover. After him are Quincy Jones, Mariss Jansons, Ray Manzarek, James Last, Compay Segundo, and Cliff Richard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Carlos Kleiber ranks 46Before him are Félix Guattari, Leon Cooper, Edsger W. Dijkstra, Tippi Hedren, Lorin Maazel, and Ali al-Sistani. After him are Yves Chauvin, Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Adunis, Moustapha Akkad, and Armin Mueller-Stahl. Among people deceased in 2004, Carlos Kleiber ranks 26Before him are Maurice Wilkins, Helmut Newton, Janet Leigh, Stieg Larsson, Renata Tebaldi, and Leônidas. After him are Estée Lauder, Laura Branigan, Jerry Goldsmith, Ingrid Thulin, Sune Bergström, and Godfrey Hounsfield.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carlos Kleiber ranks 652 out of 6,142Before him are Ernst Mayr (1904), Elsa Einstein (1876), Johann Reuchlin (1455), Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645), Maria Anna of Bavaria (1805), and Gerhard Ertl (1936). After him are Otto Ohlendorf (1907), Hugo Ball (1886), Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1818), James Last (1929), Hugo Junkers (1859), and Heinrich Otto Wieland (1877).

Among MUSICIANS In Germany

Among musicians born in Germany, Carlos Kleiber ranks 4Before him are Clara Schumann (1819), Leopold Mozart (1719), and Till Lindemann (1963). After him are James Last (1929), Hans von Bülow (1830), Frank Farian (1941), Rudolf Schenker (1948), Wilhelm Kempff (1895), Klaus Nomi (1944), Friedrich Kalkbrenner (1784), and Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller (1806).