CONDUCTOR

Hans Knappertsbusch

1888 - 1965

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Hans Knappertsbusch (12 March 1888 – 25 October 1965) was a German conductor, best known for his performances of the music of Wagner, Bruckner and Richard Strauss. Knappertsbusch followed the traditional route for an aspiring conductor in Germany in the early 20th century, starting as a musical assistant and progressing to increasingly senior conducting posts. In 1922, at the age of 34, he was appointed general music director of the Bavarian State Opera, holding that post for eleven years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans Knappertsbusch has received more than 108,306 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Hans Knappertsbusch is the 24th most popular conductor, the 1,571st most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,566th in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Conductor.

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Hans Knappertsbusch ranks 24 out of 128. Before him are Rafael Kubelík, Kurt Masur, Carlo Maria Giulini, Felix Weingartner, Erich Kleiber, and Leopold Stokowski. After him are Eugen Jochum, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Yuri Temirkanov, Fritz Reiner, Franz Danzi, and James Levine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Hans Knappertsbusch ranks 65. Before him are Giuseppe Ungaretti, Nikolay Shvernik, Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach, Vicki Baum, Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark, and Soong Ai-ling. After him are Antonio Sant'Elia, Wellington Koo, Prince Oskar of Prussia, Henry A. Wallace, Inayatullah Khan, and Jan Syrový. Among people deceased in 1965, Hans Knappertsbusch ranks 38. Before him are Frederick Fleet, David O. Selznick, Mehdi Ben Barka, Lauri Törni, Sydney Chaplin, and Clara Bow. After him are Angelica Balabanoff, Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i, Aksel Sandemose, Carl Oberg, Bernard Baruch, and Henry A. Wallace.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Knappertsbusch ranks 1,571 out of 7,253. Before him are Johannes Steinhoff (1913), John Polanyi (1929), Johann Matthäus Bechstein (1757), Maria Margaretha Kirch (1670), Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia (1200), and Franz Hössler (1906). After him are Bruno Streckenbach (1902), Hans Speidel (1897), Oswald Achenbach (1827), Eric Voegelin (1901), Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1526), and Matthias Kleinheisterkamp (1893).

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Among CONDUCTORS In Germany

Among conductors born in Germany, Hans Knappertsbusch ranks 4. Before him are Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886), Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1929), and Bruno Walter (1876). After him are Eugen Jochum (1902), Franz Danzi (1763), Günter Wand (1912), Karl Muck (1859), Joseph Keilberth (1908), Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (1900), Michael Gielen (1927), and Ferdinand Leitner (1912).

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