CONDUCTOR

Erich Kleiber

1890 - 1956

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Erich Kleiber (5 August 1890 – 27 January 1956) was an Austrian, later Argentine, conductor, known for his interpretations of the classics and as an advocate of Neue Musik. Kleiber was born in Vienna, and after studying at the Prague Conservatory, he followed the traditional route for an aspiring conductor in German-speaking countries of the time, starting as a répétiteur in an opera house and moving into conducting in increasingly senior positions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erich Kleiber has received more than 127,268 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Erich Kleiber is the 22nd most popular conductor (down from 19th in 2019), the 332nd most popular biography from Austria (up from 348th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Austrian Conductor.

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  • 25

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  • 1.78

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Erich Kleiber ranks 22 out of 128. Before him are Georg Solti, Herbert Blomstedt, Rafael Kubelík, Kurt Masur, Carlo Maria Giulini, and Felix Weingartner. After him are Leopold Stokowski, Hans Knappertsbusch, Eugen Jochum, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Yuri Temirkanov, and Fritz Reiner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Erich Kleiber ranks 61. Before him are Prince Joachim of Prussia, Grigory Mikhaylovich Semyonov, Kurt Tucholsky, Frank Martin, Georgy Pyatakov, and Milunka Savić. After him are Walter Krüger, Alfredo Ottaviani, Béla Miklós, Max Immelmann, Bacha Khan, and Géza Lakatos. Among people deceased in 1956, Erich Kleiber ranks 50. Before him are Gustave Charpentier, Gianpiero Combi, Walter Sydney Adams, Art Tatum, Lyonel Feininger, and Savielly Tartakower. After him are Hiram Bingham III, Infante Alfonso of Spain, Otto Schmidt, Max Emmerich, Drastamat Kanayan, and Thomas J. Watson.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Erich Kleiber ranks 332 out of 1,424. Before him are Raoul Hausmann (1886), Peter Fendi (1796), Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria (1628), Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria (1680), Karl Leonhard Reinhold (1757), and Shlomo Sand (1946). After him are Haim Bar-Lev (1924), Franz Sacher (1816), Ettore Sottsass (1917), Alois Riegl (1858), Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (1620), and Joseph Mohr (1792).

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Among CONDUCTORS In Austria

Among conductors born in Austria, Erich Kleiber ranks 3. Before him are Herbert von Karajan (1908), and Karl Böhm (1894). After him are Franz Welser-Möst (1960), Felix Mottl (1856), and Otmar Suitner (1922).

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