1897 - 1970
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. He is widely considered one of the twentieth century's greatest conductors. He is remembered today for his long and successful tenure as music director of the Cleveland Orchestra of Cleveland, Ohio, and for the recordings of the standard classical repertoire he made in Cleveland and with other orchestras. Szell came to Cleveland in 1946 to take over a 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 221,687 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). George Szell is the 25th most popular conductor (up from 30th in 2019), the 160th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 193rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Hungarian Conductor.
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Among conductors, George Szell ranks 25 out of 97. Before him are John Philip Sousa, Erich Kleiber, Carlo Maria Giulini, Felix Weingartner, Dimitri Mitropoulos, and Leopold Stokowski. After him are Serge Koussevitzky, Franz Danzi, Hans Knappertsbusch, Eugen Jochum, Charles Dutoit, and John Eliot Gardiner.
1854 - 1932
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 19
1890 - 1956
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 20
1914 - 2005
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 21
1863 - 1942
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 22
1896 - 1960
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 23
1882 - 1977
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 24
1897 - 1970
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 25
1874 - 1951
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 26
1763 - 1826
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 27
1888 - 1965
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 28
1902 - 1987
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 29
1936 - Present
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 30
1943 - Present
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 31
Among people born in 1897, George Szell ranks 87. Before him are Josep Pla, Adolf Heusinger, Rouben Mamoulian, Samuel Noah Kramer, Elijah Muhammad, and Arthur Greiser. After him are Zakir Husain, Lester B. Pearson, Eddie Eagan, Shoghi Effendi, Carl Oberg, and Manuel Ávila Camacho. Among people deceased in 1970, George Szell ranks 67. Before him are Fritz Bayerlein, Reizo Fukuhara, Michael Balint, Toshio Iwatani, Giuseppe Ungaretti, and Alfred Newman. After him are Friedrich Kellner, Elyesa Bazna, James B. Donovan, Jan Syrový, Agustín Muñoz Grandes, and Roman Ingarden.
1897 - 1981
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 81
1897 - 1982
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 82
1897 - 1987
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 83
1897 - 1990
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 84
1897 - 1975
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 85
1897 - 1946
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 86
1897 - 1970
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 87
1897 - 1969
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 88
1897 - 1972
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 89
1897 - 1967
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 90
1897 - 1957
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 91
1897 - 1965
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 92
1897 - 1955
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 93
1899 - 1970
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 61
1931 - 1970
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 62
1896 - 1970
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 63
1925 - 1970
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 64
1888 - 1970
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 65
1900 - 1970
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 66
1897 - 1970
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 67
1885 - 1970
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 68
1904 - 1970
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 69
1916 - 1970
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 70
1888 - 1970
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 71
1896 - 1970
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 72
1893 - 1970
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 73
Among people born in Hungary, George Szell ranks 160 out of 696. Before him are Valamir (420), Gyula Zsengellér (1915), Géza Lakatos (1890), Hans Richter (1843), István Sándorfi (1948), and Yolanda of Poland (1235). After him are Béla Tarr (1955), Ingenuus (200), Hannah Szenes (1921), Michu Meszaros (1939), Ferenc Deák (1803), and Joseph Kosma (1905).
420 - 465
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 154
1915 - 1999
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 155
1890 - 1967
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 156
1843 - 1916
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 157
1948 - 2007
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 158
1235 - 1298
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 159
1897 - 1970
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 160
1955 - Present
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 161
200 - 260
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 162
1921 - 1944
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 163
1939 - 2016
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 164
1803 - 1876
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 165
1905 - 1969
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 166
Among conductors born in Hungary, George Szell ranks 2. Before him are Georg Solti (1912). After him are Fritz Reiner (1888), Antal Doráti (1906), and Iván Fischer (1951).
1912 - 1997
HPI: 70.10
Rank: 1
1897 - 1970
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 2
1888 - 1963
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 3
1906 - 1988
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 4
1951 - Present
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 5