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George Szell

1897 - 1970

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George Szell (; June 7, 1897 – July 30, 1970), originally György Széll, György Endre Szél, or Georg Szell, was a Hungarian-born American conductor and composer. Considered one of the twentieth century's greatest conductors, he was music director of the Cleveland Orchestra of Cleveland, Ohio, and recorded much of the standard classical repertoire in Cleveland and with other orchestras. Szell came to Cleveland in 1946 to take over its respected if undersized orchestra, which was struggling to recover from the disruptions of World War II. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Szell has received more than 297,929 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). George Szell is the 31st most popular conductor (up from 35th in 2019), the 214th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 202nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Hungarian Conductor.

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  • 56.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, George Szell ranks 31 out of 128. Before him are Eugen Jochum, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Yuri Temirkanov, Fritz Reiner, Franz Danzi, and James Levine. After him are John Eliot Gardiner, Leif Segerstam, Václav Neumann, Charles Dutoit, Eliahu Inbal, and Simon Rattle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, George Szell ranks 102. Before him are Fredric March, Bulbul, Olga Chekhova, Josep Pla, Louis Réard, and Alexandre Tansman. After him are Otto Dietrich, John Bagot Glubb, Joseph Darnand, Karol Świerczewski, Edmund Heines, and Georgy Shpagin. Among people deceased in 1970, George Szell ranks 83. Before him are Michał Kalecki, Sheng Shicai, Isdal Woman, Ludolf von Alvensleben, Lucien Goldmann, and Eiji Tsuburaya. After him are Friedrich Kellner, Toshio Iwatani, Vasyl Sukhomlynsky, Yusof Ishak, Maria Yudina, and Johannes Heinrich Schultz.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, George Szell ranks 214 out of 1,077. Before him are Mihály Zichy (1827), Josef Dobrovský (1753), Viktor Barna (1911), György Konrád (1933), Miklós Németh (1948), and Stephan Burián von Rajecz (1851). After him are Hans Swarowsky (1899), Miklós Fehér (1979), Rezső Seress (1889), László Kövér (1959), László Szabó (1917), and László Krasznahorkai (1954).

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Among CONDUCTORS In Hungary

Among conductors born in Hungary, George Szell ranks 3. Before him are Georg Solti (1912), and Fritz Reiner (1888). After him are Antal Doráti (1906), Iván Fischer (1951), and Ádám Fischer (1949).

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