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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 40,673 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt is the 64th most popular conductor, the 3,237th most popular biography from Germany and the 11th most popular German Conductor.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt ranks 64 out of 97. Before him are Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Iván Fischer, Ferdinand Leitner, Stanisław Skrowaczewski, Joseph Keilberth, and Vasily Agapkin. After him are Jean Martinon, Jiří Bělohlávek, Kent Nagano, Michael Gielen, Armas Järnefelt, and Charles Mackerras.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt ranks 159. Before him are Boris Yefimov, Leo Löwenthal, Semyon Lavochkin, Bing Xin, Lee Beom-seok, and Roberto Arlt. After him are Haskell Curry, Gilberto Freyre, Madeleine Renaud, Jiří Wolker, Aleksandr Ptushko, and Mikhail Isakovsky. Among people deceased in 1973, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt ranks 135. Before him are Nikolay Kamov, Winthrop Rockefeller, Eleazar López Contreras, Jeannette Rankin, Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz, and Elise Ottesen-Jensen. After him are Frances Marion, István Kertész, Nancy Mitford, Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu, Aleksandr Ptushko, and Mikhail Isakovsky.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt ranks 3,237 out of 6,142. Before him are Eberhard III, Count of Württemberg (1364), Peter von Hess (1792), William, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1593), Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1756), Alice Schwarzer (1942), and Gabriel Biel (1418). After him are Heinrich Tessenow (1876), Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner (1854), Felix Draeseke (1835), Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1731), Ernst Otto Beckmann (1853), and Rudolf Wolters (1903).

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Among CONDUCTORS In Germany

Among conductors born in Germany, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt ranks 11. Before him are Eugen Jochum (1902), Franz Danzi (1763), Günter Wand (1912), Karl Muck (1859), Ferdinand Leitner (1912), and Joseph Keilberth (1908). After him are Michael Gielen (1927), Hans Zender (1936), and Ludwig von Brenner (1833).

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