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Hermann Scherchen

1891 - 1966

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Hermann Scherchen (21 June 1891 – 12 June 1966) was a German conductor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hermann Scherchen has received more than 71,807 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Hermann Scherchen is the 601st most popular composer (down from 518th in 2019), the 2,315th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,976th in 2019) and the 91st most popular German Composer.

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  • 54.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Hermann Scherchen ranks 601 out of 1,216. Before him are Adolf von Henselt, Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli, Luis de Pablo, Evald Aav, Princess Maria Antonia Koháry, and Spyridon Samaras. After him are Manos Hatzidakis, Jean Absil, Kurt Atterberg, Tikhon Khrennikov, Alois Hába, and Antoine François Marmontel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Hermann Scherchen ranks 88. Before him are Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern, Alfred Meyer, Franz Alexander, Julius Raab, Walter Eucken, and Hans Albers. After him are Yrjö Väisälä, Maksim Bahdanovič, Ronald Colman, Boris Iofan, Jose P. Laurel, and Henry Tandey. Among people deceased in 1966, Hermann Scherchen ranks 80. Before him are Vladimir Minorsky, Maximiliano Hernández Martínez, Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski, George Ohsawa, Vilis Lācis, and Robert Rossen. After him are Wieland Wagner, Otto von Knobelsdorff, Venceslau Brás, Väinö Tanner, J. F. C. Fuller, and Philipp Frank.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hermann Scherchen ranks 2,315 out of 6,142. Before him are Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg (1664), Hans Riegel (1923), Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794), Eugen Ritter von Schobert (1883), Albert of Saxony (1316), and Hans Schäfer (1927). After him are Gertrude of Saxony (1030), Johann Friedrich von Brandt (1802), Jan Assmann (1938), Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1819), Arnold Ruge (1802), and Hinrich Lichtenstein (1780).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Hermann Scherchen ranks 91. Before him are Johann Nikolaus Forkel (1749), Georg Joseph Vogler (1749), Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918), Tielman Susato (1500), Hermann Abendroth (1883), and Adolf von Henselt (1814). After him are Andreas Werckmeister (1645), Johann Kirnberger (1721), Franz Abt (1819), Johann Baptist Cramer (1771), Hermann Levi (1839), and Matthias Weckmann (1619).

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