MUSICIAN

Georges Prêtre

1924 - 2017

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Georges Prêtre (French pronunciation: [ʒɔʁʒ pʁɛːtʁ]; 14 August 1924 – 4 January 2017) was a French orchestral and opera conductor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georges Prêtre has received more than 134,200 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Georges Prêtre is the 249th most popular musician (down from 203rd in 2019), the 1,353rd most popular biography from France (down from 1,165th in 2019) and the 12th most popular French Musician.

Georges Prêtre is most famous for his conducting of the Requiem Mass in Saint-Etienne-du-Mont, Paris, on April 8, 1975.

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  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Georges Prêtre ranks 249 out of 3,175. Before him are Ludacris, Lalo Schifrin, John Zorn, Mick Taylor, Don Cherry, and Dinu Lipatti. After him are Consuelo Velázquez, Maria Theresia von Paradis, Peter Tosh, Beck, Wanda Landowska, and Chico Buarque.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Georges Prêtre ranks 66. Before him are Bulat Okudzhava, John Backus, Ahmadou Ahidjo, Ephraim Kishon, Hermann Buhl, and Madame Nhu. After him are Roberts Blossom, Tomiichi Murayama, Antoni Ramallets, Rosamunde Pilcher, Eva Marie Saint, and Eduardo Chillida. Among people deceased in 2017, Georges Prêtre ranks 73. Before him are John Berger, Albert Speer, Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Adam West, John G. Avildsen, and Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco. After him are Abdul Halim of Kedah, Kim Jong-nam, Elsa Martinelli, Zhou Youguang, Ljubiša Samardžić, and Chris Cornell.

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In France

Among people born in France, Georges Prêtre ranks 1,353 out of 6,770. Before him are Antonio I, Prince of Monaco (1661), Aegidius (450), Adalbert of Magdeburg (910), André Michelin (1853), Louis III of Anjou (1403), and Richardis (840). After him are Sebastian Castellio (1515), Henri Désiré Landru (1869), Françoise Gilot (1921), Gabriel Lamé (1795), Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy (1435), and Louis, Prince of Condé (1530).

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Among MUSICIANS In France

Among musicians born in France, Georges Prêtre ranks 12. Before him are Thomas Bangalter (1), Arnaut Daniel (1150), Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813), Jean-Marie Leclair (1697), Stéphane Grappelli (1908), and Émile Waldteufel (1837). After him are Louis Vierne (1870), Jacques Dutronc (1943), Jean-Pierre Rampal (1922), Maurice André (1933), Michel Polnareff (1944), and Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665).

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