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Hermann Prey

1929 - 1998

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Hermann Prey ([praɪ] Berlin, 11 July 1929 – Krailling, 22 July 1998) was a German lyric baritone, who was equally at home in the Lied, operatic and concert repertoires. His American debut was in November 1952, with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Eugene Ormandy, and his American recital debut took place in 1956, at New York's Carnegie Hall. As a Lieder singer, he was a gifted interpreter of Schubert, including his song-cycles Die schöne Müllerin and Die Winterreise and the collection of songs Schwanengesang, as well as of Robert Schumann, Richard Strauss and Gustav Mahler. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hermann Prey has received more than 107,456 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Hermann Prey is the 864th most popular singer (down from 718th in 2019), the 3,618th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,140th in 2019) and the 36th most popular German Singer.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Hermann Prey ranks 864 out of 4,381. Before him are Burning Spear, Roy Black, Julien Clerc, Sakis Rouvas, Elly Ameling, and Karl Davydov. After him are Marinella, Kadriye Nurmambet, Alain Barrière, Stelios Kazantzidis, Nicole Scherzinger, and Bobby Vinton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Hermann Prey ranks 257. Before him are Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, István Kertész, Adrienne Rich, Link Wray, Rutka Laskier, and Slavko Avsenik. After him are Ken McGregor, Harry Frankfurt, Maarten Schmidt, Barbara Walters, Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, and Stanisław Mikulski. Among people deceased in 1998, Hermann Prey ranks 155. Before him are Phil Hartman, Leo Penn, Rob Pilatus, Fritz Buchloh, Gérard Grisey, and Edwige Feuillère. After him are Josep Escolà, Gunter d'Alquen, Haroun Tazieff, Ed Ablowich, Nagarjun, and Christiane Rochefort.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hermann Prey ranks 3,618 out of 7,253. Before him are Max August Zorn (1906), Markus Merk (1962), Winfried Kretschmann (1948), Johann Walter (1496), Heinrich Hübschmann (1848), and Princess Caroline Reuss of Greiz (1884). After him are Fritz Szepan (1907), Julian Draxler (1993), Adolf III of Holstein (1160), Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland (1762), ATB (1973), and Otto Henry, Count Palatine of Sulzbach (1556).

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Among SINGERS In Germany

Among singers born in Germany, Hermann Prey ranks 36. Before him are Kurt Moll (1938), Hildegard Behrens (1937), Lotte Lehmann (1888), Max Lorenz (1901), Rob Pilatus (1965), and Roy Black (1943). After him are Renate Müller (1906), Reinhard Mey (1942), Liane Augustin (1927), Theo Adam (1926), Inge Borkh (1921), and Blixa Bargeld (1959).

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