CONDUCTOR

Ferdinand Leitner

1912 - 1996

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Ferdinand Leitner (4 March 1912 in Berlin – 3 June 1996 in Zürich) was a German conductor. Leitner studied under Franz Schreker, Julius Prüwer, Artur Schnabel and Karl Muck. He also was a composition student with Robert Kahn. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferdinand Leitner has received more than 42,407 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ferdinand Leitner is the 87th most popular conductor (down from 60th in 2019), the 4,202nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,127th in 2019) and the 12th most popular German Conductor.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Ferdinand Leitner ranks 87 out of 128. Before him are Michael Gielen, Ádám Fischer, Zdeněk Mácal, Adrian Boult, Charles Mackerras, and Claudio Scimone. After him are Daniele Gatti, Niyazi, Jascha Horenstein, Antonio Pappano, Paul Paray, and Fabio Luisi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Ferdinand Leitner ranks 238. Before him are Mwambutsa IV of Burundi, Frank Thomas, Maurice Guigue, Léon Damas, Roger Courtois, and Ted Drake. After him are Sándor Végh, Tadashi Imai, Nam Sung-yong, György Szűcs, Albert Richter, and Maksim Tank. Among people deceased in 1996, Ferdinand Leitner ranks 191. Before him are José Sasía, Abdullah Çatlı, Lydia Chukovskaya, Camilla Horn, Johan Kraag, and Julio César Méndez Montenegro. After him are Harry Andersson, Tommy Rettig, José Lázaro Robles, Edvin Wide, Hillevi Rombin, and N. T. Rama Rao.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ferdinand Leitner ranks 4,202 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1906), Gottlieb von Jagow (1863), Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1640), Hugo Distler (1908), Peter Schilling (1956), and Claus Offe (1940). After him are Frederick I, Count Palatine of Simmern (1417), Frederick Loewe (1901), Adolf Grünbaum (1923), Jupp Kapellmann (1949), Erna Berger (1900), and Johann Schreck (1576).

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Among CONDUCTORS In Germany

Among conductors born in Germany, Ferdinand Leitner ranks 12. Before him are Franz Danzi (1763), Günter Wand (1912), Karl Muck (1859), Joseph Keilberth (1908), Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (1900), and Michael Gielen (1927). After him are Hans Zender (1936), and Ludwig von Brenner (1833).

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