CONDUCTOR

Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt

1900 - 1973

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Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (5 May 1900 – 28 May 1973) was a German conductor and composer. After studying at several music academies, he worked in German opera houses between 1923 and 1945, first as a répétiteur and then in increasingly senior conducting posts, ending as Generalmusikdirektor of the Deutsche Oper Berlin. After the Second World War, Schmidt-Isserstedt was invited by the occupying British forces to form the Northwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra, of which he was musical director and chief conductor from 1945 to 1971. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt has received more than 43,367 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 16 in 2019). Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt is the 77th most popular conductor (down from 64th in 2019), the 3,841st most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,234th in 2019) and the 10th most popular German Conductor.

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  • 15

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  • 6.09

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  • 1.52

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt ranks 77 out of 128. Before him are Iván Fischer, Jeffrey Tate, Joseph Keilberth, Paul Kletzki, Armas Järnefelt, and Paavo Berglund. After him are Jiří Bělohlávek, Aleksandr Gauk, Otmar Suitner, Michael Gielen, Ádám Fischer, and Zdeněk Mácal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt ranks 180. Before him are Dumarsais Estimé, Paul Kletzki, Kateryna Bilokur, Bruno Apitz, Giovanni Urbani, and Bernardus Johannes Alfrink. After him are Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer, Haskell Curry, Adlai Stevenson II, Maurice Dobb, Edward Stettinius Jr., and Karel Teige. Among people deceased in 1973, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt ranks 155. Before him are Mikhail Isakovsky, John Cranko, Winthrop Rockefeller, Lev Artsimovich, Paul Kletzki, and Nancy Mitford. After him are Armas Toivonen, Louis St. Laurent, Alina Szapocznikow, Joe E. Brown, Kid Ory, and David Murray.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt ranks 3,841 out of 7,253. Before him are Otto von Münchhausen (1716), Albert Bassermann (1867), Rudolf von Bünau (1890), Wilhelm Kühne (1837), Ruth Pfau (1929), and Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line (1858). After him are Friedrich von Ingenohl (1857), Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg (1815), Johann Most (1846), Botho Strauß (1944), Andrey Osterman (1686), and Helmut Wick (1915).

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Among CONDUCTORS In Germany

Among conductors born in Germany, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt ranks 10. Before him are Hans Knappertsbusch (1888), Eugen Jochum (1902), Franz Danzi (1763), Günter Wand (1912), Karl Muck (1859), and Joseph Keilberth (1908). After him are Michael Gielen (1927), Ferdinand Leitner (1912), Hans Zender (1936), and Ludwig von Brenner (1833).

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