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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 103,804 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Hans Knappertsbusch is the 24th most popular conductor (up from 28th in 2019), the 1,566th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,717th in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Conductor.

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Hans Knappertsbusch ranks 24 out of 97. Before him are Dimitri Mitropoulos, Erich Kleiber, Seiji Ozawa, Carlo Maria Giulini, Leopold Stokowski, and Felix Weingartner. After him are Eugen Jochum, Charles Dutoit, John Philip Sousa, Serge Koussevitzky, John Eliot Gardiner, and Simon Rattle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Hans Knappertsbusch ranks 63. Before him are Nikolay Shvernik, Antonio Sant'Elia, Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach, Prince Oskar of Prussia, Giuseppe Ungaretti, and Nuri al-Said. After him are Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark, Tôn Đức Thắng, Werner Jaeger, Valerian Kuybyshev, Jan Syrový, and Harpo Marx. Among people deceased in 1965, Hans Knappertsbusch ranks 40. Before him are David O. Selznick, Lauri Törni, Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay, Fan Noli, Aksel Sandemose, and Angelica Balabanoff. After him are Carl Værnet, Mehdi Ben Barka, Porfirio Rubirosa, Otozō Yamada, Adolf Schärf, and Clara Bow.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Knappertsbusch ranks 1,566 out of 6,142. Before him are Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1671), Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen (1310), Dettmar Cramer (1925), Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorff (1896), Eduard Spranger (1882), and Friedrich Ebert Jr. (1894). After him are John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (1455), Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden (1763), Godfrey Kneller (1646), Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1526), Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel (1789), and Joseph Karl Stieler (1781).

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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), Ferdinand Leitner (1912), Joseph Keilberth (1908), Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (1900), and Michael Gielen (1927).

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