CONDUCTOR

Charles Munch

1891 - 1968

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Charles Munch (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl mynʃ]; born Karl Münch; 26 September 1891 – 6 November 1968) was an Alsatian French symphonic conductor and violinist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Munch has received more than 20,809 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Charles Munch is the 41st most popular conductor (down from 40th in 2019), the 2,402nd most popular biography from France (down from 2,311th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular French Conductor.

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  • 21k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Charles Munch ranks 41 out of 128. Before him are Charles Dutoit, Eliahu Inbal, Simon Rattle, John Philip Sousa, Serge Koussevitzky, and Pierre Monteux. After him are Riccardo Chailly, John Barbirolli, Lovro von Matačić, Antal Doráti, Thomas Beecham, and Colin Davis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Charles Munch ranks 82. Before him are Evgeny Pashukanis, Yrjö Väisälä, Tin Ujević, Walter Eucken, Yvan Goll, and Kálmán Kalocsay. After him are Kim Seong-su, Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov, Seth Barnes Nicholson, Hermann Scherchen, Emiliano Mercado del Toro, and Antoine Pinay. Among people deceased in 1968, Charles Munch ranks 78. Before him are Jean Paulhan, Chester Carlson, Ryszard Siwiec, Gabriel Hanot, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, and Cassandre. After him are Wes Montgomery, Jo Schlesser, Hans Cramer, Ramon Novarro, Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine, and Zaki al-Arsuzi.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles Munch ranks 2,402 out of 6,770. Before him are Marcel Dalio (1899), Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest (1784), Paul Féval, père (1816), Johann Hermann (1738), Benedicta Henrietta of the Palatinate (1652), and Urbain Grandier (1590). After him are Michel-Gabriel Paccard (1757), Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey (1754), Charles de Brosses (1709), René Pleven (1901), Gilbert de la Porrée (1070), and Louis Duchesne (1843).

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Among CONDUCTORS In France

Among conductors born in France, Charles Munch ranks 3. Before him are Lorin Maazel (1930), and Pierre Monteux (1875). After him are Jean Martinon (1910), and Paul Paray (1886).

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