1908 - 1973
Karel Ančerl (11 April 1908 – 3 July 1973) was a Czechoslovak conductor and composer, renowned especially for his performances of contemporary music and for his interpretations of music by Czech composers. Ančerl was born into a prosperous Jewish family in the village of Tučapy in southern Bohemia. After graduating from the Prague Conservatory, he pursued his conducting studies under Hermann Scherchen and Václav Talich. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karel Ančerl has received more than 102,598 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Karel Ančerl is the 51st most popular conductor (down from 46th in 2019), the 328th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 299th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Czech Conductor.
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Among conductors, Karel Ančerl ranks 51 out of 97. Before him are Semyon Bychkov, Lovro von Matačić, Felix Mottl, Yuri Temirkanov, Pierre Monteux, and Kurt Sanderling. After him are Victor de Sabata, Yevgeny Svetlanov, Marek Janowski, Günter Wand, Thomas Beecham, and Karl Muck.
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 45
1899 - 1985
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 46
1856 - 1911
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 47
1938 - 2023
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 48
1875 - 1964
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 49
1912 - 2011
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 50
1908 - 1973
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 51
1892 - 1967
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 52
1928 - 2002
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 53
1939 - Present
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 54
1912 - 2002
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 55
1879 - 1961
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 56
1859 - 1940
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 57
Among people born in 1908, Karel Ančerl ranks 141. Before him are Yevgeny Vuchetich, William Hartnell, Gisèle Freund, Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark, Petro Shelest, and Bjarni Benediktsson. After him are Son Ngoc Thanh, Anna Sten, Elek Schwartz, Maria Prymachenko, Fritz Fischer, and Vaikom Muhammad Basheer. Among people deceased in 1973, Karel Ančerl ranks 113. Before him are Mirra Alfassa, Laurens Hammond, Alexander Mosolov, Dean Corll, Alexander Vandegrift, and Joseph Szigeti. After him are Salchak Toka, Fuad Chehab, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Johannes Aavik, Carlo Emilio Gadda, and Paul van Zeeland.
1908 - 1974
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 135
1908 - 1975
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 136
1908 - 2000
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 137
1908 - 1980
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 138
1908 - 1996
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 139
1908 - 1970
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 140
1908 - 1973
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 141
1908 - 1977
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 142
1908 - 1993
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 143
1908 - 2000
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 144
1908 - 1997
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 145
1908 - 1999
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 146
1908 - 1994
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 147
1878 - 1973
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 107
1895 - 1973
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 108
1900 - 1973
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 109
1939 - 1973
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 110
1887 - 1973
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 111
1892 - 1973
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 112
1908 - 1973
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 113
1901 - 1973
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 114
1902 - 1973
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 115
1915 - 1973
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 116
1880 - 1973
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 117
1893 - 1973
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 118
1893 - 1973
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 119
Among people born in Czechia, Karel Ančerl ranks 328 out of 973. Before him are Bretislav III (1200), Anne of Bohemia (1290), Leo Fall (1873), Wenceslaus II, Duke of Bohemia (1137), Zdislava Berka (1215), and Petr Chelčický (1390). After him are Franz Krommer (1759), Count Gustav Kálnoky (1832), Gorazd (1879), Karel Havlíček Borovský (1821), Jan Železný (1966), and Julius Francis, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (1641).
1200 - 1197
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 322
1290 - 1313
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 323
1873 - 1925
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 324
1137 - 1192
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 325
1215 - 1252
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 326
1390 - 1460
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 327
1908 - 1973
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 328
1759 - 1831
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 329
1832 - 1898
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 330
1879 - 1942
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 331
1821 - 1856
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 332
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 333
1641 - 1689
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 334
Among conductors born in Czechia, Karel Ančerl ranks 3. Before him are Rafael Kubelík (1914) and Václav Neumann (1920). After him are Jiří Bělohlávek (1946).
1914 - 1996
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 1
1920 - 1995
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 2
1908 - 1973
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 3
1946 - 2017
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 4